Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer death worldwide. According to the World Health Organization, lung cancer was responsible for 1.8 million deaths — 18% of cancer deaths — in 2020 alone.
There are nearly 7,000 types of rare diseases, and about 80 percent of them are caused by genetic mutations. “Compared with common diseases, rare diseases are difficult to diagnose from the very beginning,” says Yiou Wang, Founder of the Illness Challenge Foundation. “Diagnosis is the first step in the patient journey, but it’s a key step to identify the direction.”
Beyond societal economic impact, Medtronic gains a competitive advantage through the diverse perspectives and innovation that supplier diversity provides.
In 2020, we conducted a refresh of the 2019 Materiality Assessment, in which we sought to confirm the continued relevance of the existing Material Topics and their relative positioning within the materiality matrix visuals for the company as a whole and broken out by region.
With attention focused squarely on the COVID pandemic, it is understandable that may have forgotten about the drug epidemic, which continues to impact lives across the country.
Forbes teamed up with market research company Statista to identify the companies most liked by new workforce entrants in their annual ranking, in which Merck was named #1 best employer for new graduates.
Thanks to a donation by International Paper, the Spanish Association of Parents of People with Autism will begin implementing Pediatric Autism Communication Therapy, a technique that helps autistic children develop their social communication skills.
Novartis and children’s rights organization Save the Children are launching their first common health project tackling child mortality in Kenya's Kibera and Mathare slums.
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At Whirlpool Corporation, we have a history of advances in sustainability founded on a simple principle: "Do the right things, the right ways. Always...
Advancing women and minority-owned small businesses and entrepreneurs around the world. Small to mid-sized businesses power their local economies and...
