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Society France

14. February 2021

Europe’s Oldest Person Beats COVID-19 in Time to Celebrate Her 117th Birthday

A nun based in Toulon, France, the oldest person in Europe – and the second oldest in the world – has fully recovered from the coronavirus just in time to celebrate her 117th birthday.

Health

Health Israel

27. January 2021

Artificial Cornea Helps Blind Man See Again!

A legally blind elderly man recovered his sight after being the first patient to receive a brand new corneal implant developed by an Israeli company. The transplant requires no donor tissue, and a minimum of cutting and stitches.

Society

Society Germany

7. January 2021

He Is Stateless – But This Scientist Can Still Help Find a New Kind of Corona Vaccine

Despite his stateless status, a young scientist of Syrian and Palestine origin has managed to achieve high spheres of study and join a team developing a Corona vaccine in Germany.

Technology

Technology United Kingdom

11. December 2020

AI Helps Solve a Biology Problem (Much!) Sooner Than Anybody Thought

How do proteins achieve their 3D structure? That's a head-scratcher scientists have spent fifty years trying to solve. Now, an artificial intelligence engine has found the solution to this protein-folding problem - decades earlier than expected!

Society

Society Scotland

2. December 2020

Politicians Vote for Free Period Products (Also to Save Girls from Embarrassment)

The Members of the Scottish Parliament unanimously approved the Period Products Bill, thus tackling period poverty and period stigma, and ensuring that free period items such as tampons and pads are available to anyone who needs them.

Society

Society USA

19. November 2020

Americans Voted Massively for a Truce in the War on Drugs

The American electorate voted massively in favor of relaxing laws around the use of drugs like recreational cannabis, medical marijuana and weed for both recreational and medicinal uses.

Technology

Technology Italy

13. October 2020

This New Bionic Hand Brings Back 90% of Movements of a Lost “Real” Hand

Italian researchers have developed Hannes, an anthropomorphic, poly-articulated prosthetic hand and wrist that can restore up to 90% of functionality for people who underwent upper-limb amputations.

Society

Society United Kingdom

11. August 2020

Real Corona Heroes are Now Characters in a Children’s Book

A new children’s book tells stories of people who have helped the health and care service at the UK's National Health Service (NHS) during the COVID-19 crisis.

Society

Society USA

25. July 2020

UN Security Council Has One Voice for Once. “Let the Guns Be Silent”, It Says.

All 15 members of the United Nations Security Council have adopted a resolution which demands a total and immediate ceasefire in order to focus on the efforts to fight COVID-19.

Health

Health United Kingdom

28. June 2020

Stem Cell Transplant Has Shown to Cure Two HIV Patients to Date

Almost three years after stopping his treatment, a Venezuelan patient in the UK seems to have been completely cured of the immune-damaging virus known as HIV.