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Daily DoGooder: Make Agent Orange History

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Change the world, one video at a time.Make Agent Orange History| 2:19 Make Agent Orange History Some 12 million gallons of Agent Orange, a highly toxic herbicide linked to cancers, diabetes, birth defects and other disabilities, were sprayed over South Vietnam by the U.S. military during the war at up to [.].

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Imaging sensor startup Vayyar lands $108M to fuel expansion

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.” Founded in 2011 by Miri Ratner, Naftali Chayat and Melamed, who was previously VP of Intel’s architecture group, Vayyar initially developed its sensor technology to provide an alternative means of screening for early-stage breast cancer. ” (One of Vayyar’s newer offices is in China.)

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Docquity, a community for healthcare professionals, raises $44M Series C

TechCrunch

The company now has a team of 300 people and aside from its Singapore headquarters, also has a tech and engineering hub in Gurgoan, India, and other offices in Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and Taiwan. It recently launched its Patient Adherence Program (PAP) to help doctors bring care to underserved patients.

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TikTok tics are a symptom of a much bigger problem

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Psychiatrists tend to treat World War I-era “shell shock” as a precursor to PTSD, a concept that was solidified in the aftermath of the Vietnam War. Explanations included environmental pollution and cancer clusters; Erin Brockovich sent a team to test local soil. Take, for example, traumatic stress from war.

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Top 5 Nonprofit Youtube Channels

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Cancer Research UK. The Cancer Research Youtube channel has 109,601 subscribers, and it is easy to see why. Cancer Research uses their channel to show supporters and donors exactly where their time and donations are going. Cancer Research also uses its channel to provide important information on cancer prevention.

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64 Online Stores That Benefit Nonprofits and the Greater Good

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Proceeds benefit Animals Asia work to end bear bile farming and improving the welfare of animals in China and Vietnam. Jude Children’s Research Hospital continue to treat and defeat childhood cancer and other deadly diseases. 3) Animals Asia Shop :: shop.animalsasia.org. 4) Art Institute of Chicago Museum Shop :: shop.artic.edu.

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48 Online Stores That Benefit Nonprofits and the Greater Good

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Proceeds benefit Animals Asia work to end bear bile farming and improving the welfare of animals in China and Vietnam. Jude Children’s Research Hospital continue to treat and defeat childhood cancer and other deadly diseases. 3) Animals Asia Shop :: shop.animalsasia.org. 4) Art Institute of Chicago Museum Shop :: shop.artic.edu.

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