Health

After millions of dollars poured in for survivors of the Pulse shooting, some nonprofit groups in Central Florida are struggling to collect donations they need to operate. "We're grateful for Pulse recovery efforts," said Robyn Maynard, founder of Libby's Legacy Breast Cancer Foundation. "We were part of it ourselves, but now we're struggling." Libby's Legacy…

In 2014, Mike and Marian Ilitch made a $7 million gift to the Wayne State University medical school. But the gift, which is to be paid in five yearly installments of  $1.4 million, came with a condition: If Dr. Donald Weaver, the chairman of the department of surgery, left the university for any reason before…

Lynn Hlatky has spent her career as a scientist studying the development of cancer, hoping in some way to improve understanding of an insidious disease. She took a path common in her field: won funding, established a lab, assembled a team of colleagues and got to work. But now, a decade of Hlatky’s work suddenly…

Since October 2015, at least four major pharmaceutical corporations have received subpoenas from the U.S. Justice Department investigating their relationships with patient-assistance charities. Add one more to the list. A whistleblower lawsuit last week accused Celgene, a biotechnology giant best known for producing the $644-per-pill cancer drug Revlimid, of donating hundreds of millions of dollars to patient-assistance charities as part of a "scheme to gain billions"...

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates wants Africa's next generation of tech entrepreneurs to build a brighter future for their nations, so his philanthropic foundation will donate another $5 billion during the next five years to help sustain economic progress, including against diseases like AIDS, Zika and malaria. Gates made the announcement on Sunday during the annual…

The American Red Cross is having a rough go of things lately—a mounting deficit, layoffs, more questions over its responses to recent disasters. And now, a "super racist" pool safety poster. The poster, part of the organization's swim safety efforts, features a diverse group of swimmers frolicking about in a public pool, with arrows pointing to certain swimmers indicating "cool" or "not cool" behavior...

The Miami Dolphins donated more than $5 million to the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center on Wednesday, the largest single amount ever given by an NFL team to a charity. The funds were raised through the Dolphins Cancer Challenge (DCC), which includes fundraising bike rides of varying lengths that end at the Dolphins' stadium. "I'm looking…

Seven of the 10 most profitable U.S. hospitals each cleared more than $160 million in 2013 from patient-care services despite their having nonprofit status, according to a new report. Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Washington and Lee University drew on 2013 data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid…

A paralyzed woman who did the London Marathon in a bionic suit has been barred from a fun run. Organizers of the Vitality London 10K race said Claire Lomas uses motors to walk and has an unfair advantage. They have refused to let her enter—despite the brave 35-year-old raising more than $700,000 for a spinal-injury…

The Obama administration on Tuesday warned officials in all 50 states that actions to end Medicaid funding of Planned Parenthood may be out of compliance with federal law. Ten states have taken action or recently passed legislation to cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood after antiabortion activists released covertly filmed video in the summer purporting to show that…