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123 Leading Organizations Urge President Biden: Act Now to Eliminate Menthol Cigarettes
Led by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, leading civil rights, public health, medica, faith, and youth-serving organizations, including RWJF, placed a full-page ad in the Washington Post and issued a joint statement urging the Biden Administration to issue final rules this month to prohibit menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, meeting a deadline the Administration set in December.
The Promise and Peril of Being Transgender in America
Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen, executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality, and Julie Morita, MD, executive vice president at RWJF, outline new findings from the largest-ever survey of transgender people in the U.S. The data show how much progress our nation has made—and how much more work is left to do.
With RWJF Support, CDC Foundation Launches Scholarship Fund for Tuskegee Descendants
The Voices Today for Change Tomorrow endowed scholarship program will support descendants of the Black men who were part of the U.S. Public Health Service Study of Untreated Syphilis, one of the most well-known, large-scale medical ethics violations in U.S. history. “We are proud to support the Voices Today for Change Tomorrow program and to join the Milbank Memorial Fund in their commitment to healing and reconciliation from one of the most egregious public health violations in our nation’s history,” said Julie Morita, MD, executive vice president at RWJF.
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Comments Submitted by RWJF on Drinking Water Regulations for Lead and Copper
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Lauren Smith, MD, MPH, Appointed Vice President of Strategic Portfolios at RWJF
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Statement From Dr. Avenel Joseph on Menthol Cigarettes and Flavored Cigars
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