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November 1, 2003 | Program Result
In November 2002, the California Medical Association Foundation held a national conference entitled "Diverse Partners, Common Goal: Working Together to Promote Appropriate Antibiotic Use."
April 30, 2013 | New Public Health Post
In recent years many bacteria have become resistant to drugs that commonly vanquished them, depleting a natural resource—antibiotics—that has saved millions of lives around the globe.
September 1, 2010 | Journal Article
As microorganisms resistant to available therapies continue to emerge, there is concern that the current supply of antibiotics is not sufficient to meet the growing demand.
December 19, 2011 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Now that flu season is upon us, more and more Americans will be tweeting about aches and pains and other symptoms that could signal the onset of the flu. Pioneer grantee Philip Polgreen and his colleagues at the University of Iowa in Iowa City sugge ...
Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Team members, grantees, and guests discuss breakthrough ideas that will allow us to move toward solving challenges in health care.
January 30, 2013
Learn about the programs and grants funded by the Pioneer Portfolio.
January 30, 2013
The Pioneer Portfolio invests in innovation at many different stages. Learn about the projects we fund.
September 15, 2010 | Story
Research published in a special issue of "Health Affairs" journal--and featured at a National Press Club event--estimates liability costs at 2.4 percent of overall health care total.
November 1, 1998 | Program Result
In 1997, the National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Inc. wrote, produced and disseminated an activities and curriculum guide to help teach high school students about public health threats, issues, and practices.
October 1, 1997 | Program Result
Old Disease, New Challenge: Tuberculosis in the 1990s was a national program of RWJF to develop and evaluate innovative ways of augmenting and assisting public health systems in providing comprehensive tuberculosis (TB) activities.