Vitalik Buterin has donated $15 million in cryptocurrency to the University of California San Diego to fund research into airborne pathogens like COVID-19. The Balvi Filanthropic Fund is the actual source of the donation, but it is directed entirely by Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin. It was founded in 2022 to handle another of Buterin’s donations, […]
According to the U.N. Foundation, 1.7 million children will die in 2018 from diseases that have been nearly or entirely eradicated in the United States, such as measles, pneumonia, polio, and diarrhea. One in five children globally have no access to immunizations. “Expanding access to vaccines strengthens our ability to fight disease globally and keep our […]
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia, with symptoms that range from mild short-term memory loss to being unable to manage basic self-care functions or remember one’s own life. It is incurable, and affects more than 1 in 20 people over the age of 65, worldwide. Bill Gates, billionaire and philanthropist, says that […]
The Lupus Foundation of America (LFA) is a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to researching, supporting, and solving the mystery of Lupus, an incredibly cruel and devastating disease. Also called systemic lupus erythematosus, it is an autoimmune disease that can affect many areas of the body. Despite the many suffers, the cause of lupus still isn’t known. […]