Michael Bloomberg Gives $300 Million To Johns Hopkins For U.S. Health Initiative

Businessman and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has given the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health $300 million to focus on five challenges the school's experts say are contributing to a decline in Americans' life expectancy. The gift, which coincides with the school's 100th anniversary, is the largest donation ever made to the school, and the first to focus solely on domestic health challenges, rather than the global illnesses, such as HIV and malaria, on which the school has made its mark.

The $300 million is to fund new faculty positions and fellowships, research and scholarships . . .