Daily News Roundup: Bill Gates on Big Pharma, Startups, and Global Health
January 9, 2018 | Read Time: 1 minute
Top News
Bill Gates: Big Pharma and Startups Are Key to Gains in Global Health (Barron’s)
Interior Dept. Puts Grants to Nonprofits and Universities Through Political-Appointee Review (The Washington Post)
Former Och-Ziff Capital Management Executive Charged With Defrauding Foundation Client (Bloomberg)
New Ethics Regulations in San Francisco Could Freeze Nonprofit Donations (Bay City Beacon)
Opinion: Trump Tax Plan: State Charity Gimmick Could Haunt Calif. (The San Diego Union-Tribune)
$20 Million Gift Will Create Regional Mental-Health Center (Houston Chronicle)
Kellogg Foundation’s Pledge to Fight Racism Starts With ‘National Day of Racial Healing’ (NPR) — See also a Chronicle interview with Kellogg CEO La June Montgomery Tabron about the foundation’s work on racial reconciliation.
About the Arts
San Antonio Symphony Board Reverses Course and Rescinds Suspension of Orchestra Season (San Antonio Express-News)
How an Art Museum Is Reaching a More Diverse Audience (NPR)
Museums Are Becoming More Sensory-Friendly for Those With Autism (Smithsonian Magazine)
Charities and Health Care
A Big-Pharma-Funded Charity That Helps Patients Pay for Drugs Sues the Government Over Communications Restrictions (The Washington Post)
Drugmakers Can Give Free Drugs to Patients Losing Aid, U.S. Says (Bloomberg)
About the Rockefellers
The Rockefellers vs. the Company That Made Them Rockefellers (New York Magazine)
With Rockefeller Estate Gift, Land Preserve Now Includes Abby Garden (Mount Desert Islander)
