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What does having a 'good relationship with food' mean? 4 ways to know if you've got one

Travelling on a train recently you couldn’t help but overhear two women deep in conversation about a mutual obsession with food, including emotional triggers that pushed them towards chocolate and pizza.

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Donations by top 50 US donors dropped sharply to $14 billion in 2022 – Bill Gates, Mike Bloomberg and Warren Buffett lead the list of biggest givers

The 50 Americans who gave or pledged the most to charity in 2022 committed to giving US$14.1 billion to foundations, universities, hospitals and more – a total that was 60% below an inflation-adjusted $35.6 billion in 2021, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s latest annual tally of these donations.

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Mackenzie Scott wasn't the only one giving away her fortune in 2022

From Mackenzie Scott to her ex-husband Jeff Bezos, here are the people who have committed billions to charity in 2022

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Injectable HIV prevention drug shows promise: we worked out how much South Africa should pay for it

Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is an HIV prevention method. It is taken by people who are HIV negative, so that if they are unknowingly exposed to HIV, the drug will prevent the virus from infecting them.

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COP27: Gates Foundation CEO calls for more cash for climate adaptation

The world's development banks need to prioritise helping poorer countries adapt to the impacts of climate change, the chief executive of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation told Reuters.

Reuters

Gates Foundation pledges $1.2B to eradicate polio globally

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation says it is committing $1.2 billion to efforts aimed at ending polio worldwide

The Independent UK

‘Crying at 9am, video conference at 10am’: Melinda Gates opens up about working with Bill during divorce

Former couple, who continue to run Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation together, announced decision to divorce in May 2021

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‘Crying at 9am, video conference at 10am’: Melinda Gates opens up about working with Bill during ‘painful’ divorce

Former couple, who continue to run Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation together, announced decision to divorce in May 2021

The Independent UK

‘Crying at 9am, video conference at 10am’: Melinda Gates opens up about working with Bill during ‘painful’ divorce

Former couple, who continue to run Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation together, announced decision to divorce in May 2021

The Independent UK

Bill Gates Says This Could Lead To Civil War And 'Bring It All To An End'

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which focuses on philanthropic efforts toward healthcare and eradicating disease, and has donated billions to various causes around the globe plans to run for just another 25 years. While the foundation intends to remain focused on those efforts, Bill Gates has been mulling over another…

Benzinga

Bill Gates: Technological innovation needed to help solve hunger

The Microsoft founder is urging world leaders not to give up on the goals they set to reduce hunger and poverty despite huge recent setbacks.

Chicago Sun-Times

Bill Gates: Technological innovation would help solve hunger

Bill Gates says the global hunger crisis is so immense that food aid cannot fully address the problem

The Independent UK

The first U.S. polio case was discovered in nearly a decade. Should you worry?

The CDC confirmed that a patient in New York has contracted polio, the first U.S. case since 2013. But most people shouldn't be concerned about contracting the virus because of high vaccination rates.

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WHO moves to roll out first malaria vaccine in Africa

As the World Health Organization announces the next step in its rollout of the world’s first authorized malaria vaccine in three African countries, concerns about its value have come from an unlikely source: the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, arguably the vaccine’s biggest backer

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Ukraine: survey shows British people, and especially Tory voters, feel very differently about some refugees than others

As of late May, in the three months since Russia invaded Ukraine, 6.8 million refugees had fled the war into other countries. The majority, some 3.6 million people, headed to Poland, while another million went to Romania. European Union nations and others began offering visa waivers and other schemes to…

Benzinga

5 Things You Might Not Know About Bill Gates: Did He Really Start His First Co. At Age 15?

Bill Gates is well-known as the co-founder of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT). The entrepreneur is also a huge philanthropist creating the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in 2000 to help spread technology and medical advancements around the world and reduce poverty.

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South Africa has entered a new phase of the COVID pandemic: what that means

Confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2 have been increasing in South Africa in recent weeks. This has been largely driven by two offspring – known as the BA.4 and BA.5 sub-lineages – of the Omicron variant first identified in South Africa late last year.

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The world’s top 10 billionaires: Who are they, what is their net worths and how did they build their fortunes?

The rate of billionaires increases year on year, with the current number at 2,755 billionaires worldwide, according to Forbes magazine.

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Gates Foundation expands board following Bill, Melinda split

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced Wednesday it will add four new members to its board of trustees

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