Gates Foundation Gives $1-Million to a School in London

For the first time, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded its $1-million annual prize for global health to an academic institution — the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, reports The Seattle Times.

The school beat out more than 100 other organizations nominated for the award and will use the money to train people to work in public health around the world. It will receive the award later this month at a conference in Washington, the paper reports.