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The Bold, Focused Ideas of Breakthrough Nonprofit Brands: Book Giveaway Winners Announced

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Second, organize local veterinarians, municipalities and animal rescue organizations in working together to provide low-cost spay/neuter and promote adoption of the satos.’”. in 2011 to be involved in disaster training programs leading up to the 10th anniversary of 9/11, called the “March to 1 Million” program.

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How HHS layoffs will impact research, disease tracking, and other health needs

Fast Company Tech

Some gathered at local coffee shops and lunch spots after being turned away, finding out they had been eliminated after decades of service. Patty Murray of Washington predicted the cuts will have ramifications when natural disasters strike or infectious diseases, like the ongoing measles outbreak , spread. Democratic Sen.

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Trump’s EPA wants to get rid of a rule that protects you from chemical disasters

Fast Company Tech

The RMP program was established in 1990 following a series of infamous chemical disasters in the 1980s, most notably the chemical leak at Union Carbides plant in Bhopal, India, which poisoned roughly 500,000 people , around 20,000 of whom died in the hours and years afterward due to health complications from the exposure.

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