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Canada’s Dental Hygienists Celebrate World Oral Health Day

Stuart Mitchell

Today Canada’s dental hygienists will join in the global celebration of World Oral Health Day. With the theme, “Be Proud of Your Mouth,” this public awareness campaign reminds people of all ages that good oral health can help us live a longer, healthier life. “Oral health is essential to overall physical, social, and mental well-being,” explains Tiffany Ludwicki, president of the Canadian Dental Hygienists Association (CDHA). “Research shows that, when biofilm accumulates on your teeth, it can lead to periodontal (gum) disease, which is associated with serious illnesses, such as…

bp supplying free fuel for emergency services vehicles and free meals ‎for frontline health workers

Stuart Mitchell

bp is launching two initiatives to support essential services and frontline workers as they ‎continue to contend with the coronavirus pandemic, working closely with our partners and ‎suppliers.‎‎ ‎ First, bp is reintroducing its programme supplying fuel free of charge to UK emergency ‎services vehicles. bp ran a similar programme last year in which it supplied more than 10 ‎million litres of fuel free to emergency service vehicles across the UK. ‎ Under the programme, emergency services vehicles issued with either a bp Plus or Allstar ‎fuel card will be…

Bristol Myers Squibb Donates $11 Million to Advance Health Equity

Stuart Mitchell

Bristol Myers Squibb has announced it has donated a total of $11 million to 56 nonprofit organizations focused on advancing health equity in the United States. These organizations will deliver programs to improve access to high-quality care as well as increase disease awareness and education in racially and ethnically diverse and medically underserved communities, and to improve diversity in clinical research. The donations, awarded in response to a special request for proposals, leverage $11 million of the $150 million pledged by the company in August 2020 to advance diversity, inclusion…

Leading Business and Nonprofit Organizations Launch Health Action Alliance to Strengthen and Accelerate COVID-19 Response

Stuart Mitchell

The Ad Council, Business Roundtable, the CDC Foundation, the de Beaumont Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation today announced the launch of the Health Action Alliance (HAA), a new partnership between leading business, communications and public health organizations to strengthen and accelerate the business community’s response to COVID-19. The Alliance is powered by Meteorite, an impact firm that builds coalitions to improve lives and strengthen communities. Fortune 500 companies employ more than 28 million people, and small businesses employ nearly 60 million people in the United States. Recent research…

Research investigates COVID-19 impact on UK farmer mental health

Stuart Mitchell

The COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the mental health and resilience of farmers and farm workers will be the focus of new research led by University of Reading. The project is receiving £190,000 funding from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) as part of UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) rapid response to COVID-19. It will be a joint effort between: University of Reading University of Exeter The University of Sheffield. Working with farmers and supporting organisations They will work with farmers and the organisations that support them to: understand how…