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COVID-19 Expected to Fuel the Next Wave of Innovation

Associations Now

“Engineers, software designers, factory owners and self-taught sewers around the world have been racing to devise products they hope can help keep critically ill coronavirus patients alive and health care workers safe from infection,” wrote Andrew Jacobs and Rachel Abrams for The New York Times.

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Hospital Association Uses Grant to Build Opioid-Fighting Tactics

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The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania has launched a program, driven by face-to-face meetings, to encourage information sharing in fighting the opioid crisis in the state. The program is supported by a grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies, the charitable firm operated by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

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Art Stories: March 16, 2011

Reid All About it

The collection is still not safe according to Stephen Kinzer, former New York Times Bureau Chief for Central Asia: “Central Asia is really not a stable region, and Uzbekistan is in a very turbulent area, of course it borders on Afghanistan. The New York Times ran an interesting story this week about the White House curator, William G.

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How Associations Are Changing Up School Sunscreen Rules

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Similar measures were already on the books in California, New York, Oregon, and Texas, and legislators in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island are currently working on their own bills.

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Tiny House Group Ramps Up Knowledge-Sharing, Advocacy to Boost Tiny Living

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Not to mention the political atmosphere is different: We don’t have townships in Texas, but they’re all over New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.”. “The foundation I built for my home here in Texas is a different foundation than would be required for a home in Florida or California or Minnesota,” he said.

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26 ways association professionals find problem-solving inspiration

Association Success

Marissa Bankert of the Central Pennsylvania Independent Electrical Contractors has created specific Google Alerts so she knows when news breaks in her industry. . News publications and email newsletters: You’ve got to keep up with what’s going on in the world. Another suggestion?

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3 Topics for Medical Society Execs to Watch

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Howell , CHCP, Director CME, Training & Physician Leadership Programs, Pennsylvania Medical Society (PAMED, Christina M. Shepherd , Membership and Leadership Development Manager, Texas Medical Association and Babette Grey , Executive Director, New York State Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons.