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We’re thrilled to announce that for the fourth consecutive year, BD has earned a spot on The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation’s Best Places to Work for LGBTQ Equality list. Each year we...

By Johnel Evans We’re proud to share that Bloomberg has named BD to its 2021 Gender-Equality Index (GEI), recognizing our commitment to supporting gender equality through policy development,...

Perhaps during a routine screening, you or your doctor found a lump; perhaps you’re experiencing some kind of pain in your breast. If a mammogram or exam requires a closer look, your doctor may...

Rob Suárez, VP, Chief Information Security Officer for BD In recent months, the healthcare industry has seen an unprecedented increase in cyberattacks, from threat actors masquerading as trusted...

As we prepare to welcome the start of the New Year, we’re wrapping up the challenging year of 2020 by celebrating the winners of the Jeffrey Sherman Life-Changers Award – a prestigious BD...

We’re working our way through December by celebrating the winners of the Jeffrey Sherman Life-Changers Award – a prestigious BD award that recognizes associates who are making a lasting impact...

As we grow closer to the start of 2021, we’re wrapping up the challenging year of 2020 by celebrating the winners of the Jeffrey Sherman Life-Changers Award – a prestigious BD award that...

As the year 2020 comes to a close, we’re celebrating our winners of the Jeffrey Sherman Life-Changers Award – a prestigious BD award that recognizes associates who are making a lasting impact...

As the year 2020 comes to a close, we’re celebrating our winners of the Jeffrey Sherman Life-Changers Award – a prestigious BD award that recognizes associates who are making a lasting impact...

In 2015, BD created a strategy, goals and targets that would shape the company’s sustainability priorities through 2020. As we close out this year, the social and environmental issues facing...

At BD, innovation is our lifeblood. Each year, we’re proud to recognize individuals whose achievements in technology and innovation significantly contribute to how we can impact healthcare...

World Antibiotic Awareness Week is November 18 – 24, 2020

A key facet of BD’s philanthropic giving strategy is the donation of BD products to trusted non-profit partners that serve vulnerable patients and communities, worldwide. As just a single...

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to place unprecedented demands on the healthcare system. Many hospitals have had to reconfigure their facilities, from expanding remote monitoring and telemedicine...

The New Jersey Institute for Social Justice (NJISJ) has honored BD and the company’s Chief Employment Counsel, Claudia Curtis, with its Corporate Leadership Award. The award recognizes...

By Grisel Quiles, Plant Manager (Cayey, Puerto Rico) and Global Co-Chair of BD’s WIN Associate Resource Group At BD, our values and goals center on creating a diverse and inclusive environment...

By Kaitlin Carr Heath, Lucy Turland (leaders in the BD Women’s Initiative Network) and Rhonda Richardson (Talent Management)

For the past few weeks, several of BD’s most trusted non-profit partners have been stretched to their limits, as they are responding to back-to-back, massive disasters in the United States and...

This week, Fortune identified the top companies that are doing well by doing good – those making an important social or environmental impact around the world while also driving business...

By Tom Van Coverden, CEO and President of the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC); and Thomas Tighe, CEO of Direct Relief As COVID-19 continues to stress hospitals and...

Scientists and researchers have been working tirelessly to develop rapid, accurate diagnostics, life-saving vaccines and various treatments for COVID-19. To help clinicians triage patients and...

In 2015, we put into practice a sustainability strategy with accompanying goals for 2020 that provided the framework for how we manage, and make an impact on, the most relevant social and...

For many, the word paradise may conjure to mind scenery much like that of New Ireland and West New Britain provinces in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Inland from crystal blue waters, coral reefs and...

Connected medical devices continue to revolutionize health care. Whether used in a hospital or sent home with patients, connected health devices are increasingly prevalent. They extend care beyond...

For the second consecutive year, BD was named as a Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion, receiving a score of 90% on Disability:IN’s 2020 Disability Equality Index® (DEI). The DEI is a...

As COVID-19 infections continue to spread quickly through populations reaching nearly every country around the world, researchers worldwide are racing to develop a vaccine that can stop the...

Rob Suárez, VP, Chief Information Security Officer for BD Cyberattacks have increased exponentially since the COVID-19 pandemic began, and the healthcare industry remains a consistent target. At...

Around the world, communities have banded together to fight COVID-19. Some areas are ramping up efforts to get ahead of the infection, while others hope they’ve made it past the peak of the...

BD was recently recognized for our efforts in inclusion and diversity and named a 2020 DiversityInc Noteworthy Company. At BD, we are committed to driving inclusion and diversity across our global...

To demonstrate its support of widespread, nationwide calls for racial justice following the senseless deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery, BD today announced its donation of...

At a time when health care systems around the globe are struggling to keep up with the influx of patients from the COVID-19 crisis, BD employees with clinical backgrounds are stepping up to help....

BD has long been known for its public-private partnerships to tackle global challenges On March 13, BD attended a White House meeting with President Trump, Vice President Pence, HHS Secretary Azar...

BD is donating $750,000 to COVID-19 response efforts in the U.S. and internationally, in addition to the $350,000 in cash and product the Company donated to COVID-19 relief efforts in China...

BD partners with Planet Water to build water towers in water stressed areas of the world. Recently, a team of 10 BD volunteers from the company’s San Luis Potosi manufacturing site in Mexico...

By Dr. JD Meler, VP, Clinical and Medical Affairs Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) is a common, yet serious circulatory disease impacting nearly 20 million people in the United States. PAD is...

First woman of color to hold statewide office in New Jersey shares her inspirational journey In honor of Black History Month, BD’s African-Americans at BD (AABD) associate resource group hosted...

BD placed among most innovative global companies across industries BD is a global medical technology leader that is advancing the world of health by improving medical discovery, diagnosis and the...

BD supports global efforts to contain virus and care for victims The World Health Organization (WHO) declared Wuhan Coronavirus a global health emergency last week. Since appearing in China in...

Company is named to Bloomberg’s 2020 Gender-Equality Index By Johnel Evans, VP of BD Inclusion and Diversity Today, Bloomberg named BD to its 2020 Gender-Equality Index, recognizing the...

The Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC) – one of the largest LGBTQ and civil rights organizations in the world – today named BD to its 2020 Best Places to Work for LGBTQ Equality list of...

Each year in the United States, to mark the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., we celebrate the MLK Day of Service – the only federal holiday designated as a...

KIGALI — More people living with HIV are now accessing antiretroviral treatment, or ART, than ever before. The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, known as UNAIDS, reports that in 2018...

Today is International Volunteer Day – a global day of opportunity launched by the United Nations to recognize and celebrate individual and collaborative acts of volunteerism that create...

For the last six years, in recognition of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, BD employees across the country have joined together in a nationwide service event to pack shelf-stable meals...

Today is #GivingTuesday – an international movement that celebrates the power that people and organizations have to transform communities around the world through acts of generosity. At BD, we...