Sep 10 2020
Press Releases
Annapolis, MD | September 10, 2020—Maryland Governor Larry Hogan announced today the purchase of 250,000 rapid, point-of-care tests for Covid-19. The tests, which can provide results in minutes rather than …
Sep 09 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic is still spreading throughout the United States. Over 30,000 Americans continue to test positive daily, and hundreds are dying every day. Economic activity has plunged and a record …
Health U.S. & the Americas
Aug 26 2020
Perspective
The Covid-19 pandemic did not cause the inequities in the U.S. financial system, but it has highlighted and further exacerbated the stark inequities of the U.S. economy. Institutional racism has …
Aug 26 2020
Press Releases
Doubling Membership of Demand-Driven Coalition Committed to Scaling Up Access to Pandemic Testing NEW YORK | August 26, 2020 – As the pandemic surges across the country, The Rockefeller Foundation announced …
Aug 18 2020
Press Releases
Compact Expands To Five Million Rapid Point-of-Care Antigen Tests
Partnership With The Rockefeller Foundation Now Includes Ten Governors—Five Republicans, Five Democrats
ANNAPOLIS, MD | August 18, 2020 — Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, Arkansas …
Aug 04 2020
Press Releases
Six-State Testing Agreement Is First Of Its Kind Among Governors During Covid-19 Pandemic Expansion of Rapid Antigen Testing Is Critical As States Face Testing Shortages and Delays More States, Cities, …
Aug 04 2020
Aug 03 2020
Perspective
The launch of the Food System Vision Prize in October 2019 was a call for visionaries to imagine “regenerative and nourishing” food systems. The Prize subsequently spurred the creation of …
Jul 30 2020
Jul 27 2020
While Covid-19 and the resulting economic downturn made the negative consequences of the food system worse and more obvious, the pandemic did not create them and its end will not solve them. Covid-19 has, however, increased both the imperative and the opportunity to address these flaws and limitations once and for all. Now is the moment to transform the U.S. food system.
Food U.S. & the Americas