Day: 8 September 2019

Healthy Directions LLC becomes corporate sponsor of global nonprofit public health organization, Vitamin Angels®.

Stuart Mitchell

Healthy Directions LLC, a subsidiary of Adaptive Health, LLC, is proud to announce its corporate sponsorship of Vitamin Angels, a global public health nonprofit that distributes lifesaving vitamins and minerals to women and children in need around the world. Healthy Directions’ mission, “to provide a better path to better health” with nutritional supplements and education, aligns with the Vitamin Angels objective to end global malnutrition by distributing life-changing vitamins and minerals to at-risk pregnant women and children under five in the U.S. and around the world. Vitamin Angels provides prenatal…

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Student.com Launches Together Campaign to Combat Loneliness

Stuart Mitchell

The ‘Together’ initiative has been launched in partnership with Student.com, Sheffcare and Student Roost to provide an opportunity for local students and care home residents to create long-lasting friendships. ‘Together’ encourages healthy wellbeing by helping residents build a network outside of their accommodation. The initiative has been launched as a direct response to research statistics showing that both students and the older generation in local communities are at risk of the negative impact of loneliness on mental health and wellbeing. Research conducted by Student.com showed that 70% of students have…

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A $50 Million Initiative to Fuel the Next Generation of Cancer Research for Generations to Come

Stuart Mitchell

Blood Cancer Awareness Month in September provides an opportunity to remind the public about the urgent need to support research to find cures, and The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) is marking the occasion with a reinvigorated focus on helping children with cancer live better, longer lives. LLS announced today it has more than doubled its funding of research focused specifically on childhood blood cancers, adding 20 new research grants valued at more than $13.8 million to its research portfolio in 2019.  With these new grants, LLS now has committed…

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KFC Leads As First National U.S. QSR To Test Plant-Based Chicken, In Partnership With Beyond Meat®

Stuart Mitchell

Kentucky Fried Chicken® becomes the first national U.S. QSR (quick service restaurant) to introduce a plant-based chicken, in partnership with Beyond Meat®. Beyond Fried Chicken™ will make its debut August 27 in a limited test. The new plant-based Beyond Fried Chicken offers the finger lickin’ good fried chicken flavor only KFC can deliver as a perfect choice for those searching for plant-based meat options on-the-go. Atlantans will be the first to get a taste of KFC’s new Beyond Fried Chicken as part of an exclusive, one restaurant test on August…

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Greenpeace calls on fast food giants to take a stand against Bolsonaro’s Amazon destruction

Stuart Mitchell

As fires continue to ravage the Amazon, Greenpeace International has launched a campaign asking fast food giants Burger King, McDonald’s and KFC to reject goods linked to environmental destruction in the Amazon and across Brazil.   “President Bolsonaro can only pursue his anti-environmental agenda so long as companies are willing to accept the products that fuel destruction and exacerbate climate change. Fast food companies buying from Brazil cannot continue business as usual while the biggest rainforest in the world is burnt down for cattle farms,” said Tica Minami, Campaign Director at…

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