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WaterAid launches urgent Covid-19 appeal to help health centres and vulnerable communities in India

Stuart Mitchell

As India faces a deadly second wave of Covid-19, international organisation WaterAid has launched an emergency appeal to bring vital water, toilet and hygiene facilities to health centres and vulnerable communities as well as urgent support to frontline sanitation workers to help protect lives. The country is seeing more than 400,000 new cases every day and, with the exodus of people from the cities, this horrific wave has now spread to parts of rural India, threatening to overburden local health centres with weak infrastructure that are unprepared for such a…

Tesco makes ambitious new commitments to support healthy, sustainable diets

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco has set out new plans to help customers eat more healthily, and to make Tesco the easiest place for customers to shop for affordable, healthy, sustainable food. The supermarket’s plans between now and 2025 will include a major new programme of reformulation to improve the health profile of products; changes to promotions and pricing to remove barriers to buying healthy food; and a further expansion of Tesco’s market-leading plant-based ranges, with new products that will make plant protein even more accessible to families. Progress against these plans will be…

State of Massachusetts sues Multinational Marketing Firm Publicis Health for Alleged Role in Fueling the Opioid Crisis

Stuart Mitchell

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey has filed a lawsuit against Publicis Health, LLC, a significant player in the American drug marketing industry, alleging it designed and deployed unfair and deceptive marketing schemes to help Purdue Pharma sell more OxyContin, including in Massachusetts.  In a complaint filed in Suffolk Superior Court on the 6 May, AG Healey alleges that from 2010 to 2019, Publicis – a subsidiary of global advertising conglomerate Publicis Groupe – partnered with Purdue on dozens of contracts, collecting more than $50 million in exchange for marketing schemes…

Mental Health A Bigger Challenge Than Climate Change As COVID-19 Takes Its Toll On Young People

Stuart Mitchell

Young people view mental health as a bigger generational challenge than climate change as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic takes its toll on younger generations, according to new data.  The Purpose Pulse found nearly three quarters (70%) of Millennials and Gen Z think mental health is a challenge, second only to COVID-19 (76%). Economic inequality (66%), climate change (65%), and job security (65%) are also viewed as a concern by solid majorities of young people. Yet, despite the preoccupation with the pandemic and mental health, there are still high…

CVS Health, Walgreens and Walmart Join Together with the Ad Council and COVID Collaborative to Educate Americans about the COVID-19 Vaccines

Stuart Mitchell

The Ad Council and COVID Collaborative today unveiled new public service advertisements (PSAs) with CVS Health, Walgreens and Walmart to help educate people throughout the nation about the COVID-19 vaccines. Developed with expertise from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), as part of the groundbreaking “It’s Up To You” COVID-19 Vaccine Education Initiative, the new content features pharmacists addressing common questions about COVID-19 vaccination. CVS Health, Walgreens and Walmart are founding partners of the Ad Council and COVID Collaborative’s COVID-19 Vaccine…