The Chicago Department of Public Health awarded Rush a $3.5 million contract to create the lab, which is expected to be fully operational next month, university officials said.
Youth INC Distributes $1 Million in COVID-19 Response and Recovery Grants to Nonprofit Partners
NEW YORK, Dec. 30, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Youth INC announced the distribution of $1 million in grants to its nonprofit partners as part of its COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund. Youth INC is a venture philanthropy organization started 26 years ago by founder, Steve Orr. Steve explained, “My vision was to help build the fundraising muscle and operational strength of local grassroots youth development organizations because they are best positioned to help the young people living in under-resourced communities thrive.”
Since the onset of the public health crisis, Youth INC’s partners have been working around the clock to pivot to a virtual environment, stay connected to their young people, support them and their families with basic needs like food, and mitigate the learning gaps the crisis has amplified. Having been involved for the past 25 years, Youth INC National Advisory Board
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I know I speak for millions of people when I say that Dr. Sanjay Gupta has been a national treasure this year. So let s give him the first and final word today. Lately, Dr. Gupta tweeted Monday, I ve been thinking a lot about the beginning of one of my favorite books: A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It is so prophetic on a day like today. On the same day that a truly extraordinary scientific feat is realized in the form of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine we are still experiencing a devastating amount of Covid-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths. Some of the same hospitals tasked with administering the vaccine are also stretched to the limit with patients.