Charity News from Thursday, Oct. 19, 2000

AJC Condemns UN Human Rights Resolution
American Jewish Committee | The American Jewish Committee tonight strongly condemned the resolution narrowly adopted by the UN Commission on Human Rights, which put the entire blame on Israel for the tragic violence of the past two weeks. It is laughable to have the ...

Homeless Families to Sleep Easier After Make A Difference Day
AmeriCares Foundation | Helping hands will be provided by the First Presbyterian Church of New Haven, the Elm City Young Adult Club, as well as AmeriCares HomeFront. Funding for Life Haven's "Make a Difference Day" grew out of donations from the Bishop's Fund for ...

NCI Awards Grants for New State and Community Tobacco Control Initiative
National Cancer Institute | The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has awarded over $13 million in first-year funding for its new antismoking initiative, the Research in State and Community Tobacco Control Interventions. These 12 grants will support research on innovative ...

Bacteria that Cause Food Poisoning Contain Toxins That Destroy DNA
Yale School of Medicine | Protein toxins found in bacteria that are the most common culprit in food poisoning attack and destroy DNA, a study shows. The finding, published in the journal Science, is significant because little is known about how these bacteria cause disease.

Trauma and Stress in Early Life Increases Vulnerability to Cocaine Addiction in Adulthood
Yale School of Medicine | The trauma that a majority of drug addicts suffer in early life has now been shown to increase their vulnerability to drug addiction, Yale researchers report.

 

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