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15/08/2023

🌟 Exciting News Alert! 🌟 The FDA has given the green light to zuranolone, a breakthrough short-term oral medication designed to support new parents battling postpartum depression. 💙✨ Classified as an antidepressant, this game-changing drug is to be taken daily for just 2 weeks, offering hope and relief.

🌼 Developed by Biogen, zuranolone has shown incredible promise in trials, with noticeable improvement in depression symptoms for new moms in as little as 3 days after starting treatment. 🌈💪

Mark your calendars: Commercial availability of Zurzuvae (zuranolone) is expected by Q4, possibly by October. Let's spread the word and support the mental well-being of new parents everywhere! 🤗👪

The FDA approved zuranolone, a short-term oral medication that could help new parents who are struggling with depression after giving...

09/11/2022

First-ever clinical trial of laboratory-grown red blood cells being transfused into another person.

Red blood cells grown in a laboratory have now been transfused into another person in a world-first clinical trial.

The manufactured blood cells were grown from stem cells from donors. The red cells were then transfused into volunteers in the RESTORE randomised controlled clinical trial.

First-ever clinical trial of laboratory-grown red blood cells being transfused into another person. Red blood cells grown in a laboratory...

02/10/2022

https://www.npr.org/2022/10/01/1126397565/the-ice-bucket-challenge-wasnt-just-for-social-media-it-helped-fund-a-new-als-dr

In 2014, it was hard to miss the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge that set out to raise money to fund research for the disease. And it paid off. A new treatment was funded by $2.2 million of the funds raised.

13/08/2022

Iberdrola project will produce enough power for 334,000 homes
The country is ramping up solar to curb reliance on fossil fuels

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Iberdrola project will produce enough power for 334,000 homes The country is ramping up solar to curb reliance on fossil...

08/08/2022

Skin cancer cells produce “molecular drills” to pe*****te healthy tissues and spread around the body, according to research that raises the prospect of new therapies for the disease.

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The finding raises hope for new therapies for melanoma and possibly other cancers, such as neuroblastoma, that can spread in the same way.

29/07/2022

Today is World Tiger Day.

"Global Tiger Day is celebrated every year on July 29th as a way to raise awareness about this magnificent but endangered big cat. The day was founded in 2010, when the 13 tiger range countries came together to create Tx2 – the global goal to double the number of wild tigers by the year 2022."

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16/07/2022

Happy World Snake Day!

This is an opportunity to celebrate snakes and raise awareness about their conservation.

14/07/2022

Happy Bastille Day!

"Bastille Day came to be celebrated in the former French colonies and is observed in those places maintaining links to France. French Polynesia especially came to be known for its adaptation of the holiday to its own culture, with singing, dancing, and drumming performances and competitions held throughout the month of July."

09/07/2022

Today, we commemorate Kathleen Hylda Valerie Booth.

"Kathleen Hylda Valerie Booth (née Britten, born 9 July 1922) wrote the first assembly language and designed the assembler and auto code for the first computer systems at Birkbeck College, University of London."

04/07/2022

Happy Independence Day!

The Fourth of July - also known as Independence Day or July 4th has been a federal holiday in the United States since 1941, but the tradition of Independence Day celebrations goes back to the 18th century and the American Revolution.

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01/07/2022

Coastal Cleanup Day was established by the Ocean Conservancy, an organization that works to help protect the ocean from the challenges it faces every year.

29/06/2022

Today is iPhone's Anniversary!

19 years ago the first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs forever changing the way we interact with computers.

The iPhone and smartphones that followed soon after have made information accessible to billions of people.

22/06/2022

"Rainforests play a practical role in keeping our planet healthy.

By absorbing carbon dioxide and releasing the oxygen that we depend on for our survival. The absorption of this CO2 also helps to stabilize the Earth's climate."

Happy World Rainforest Day!

20/06/2022

"Celebrate the United States' national symbol on National American Eagle Day! On June 20, we set aside time to raise awareness about the bald eagle and to preserve the bird's natural habitat."
- National Today

11/06/2022

Did you know that Queen Elizabeth II celebrates two birthdays?

Her actual birthday is the 21st of April, and her official birthing is usually held on the second Saturday of June.

08/06/2022

It's World Ocean Day!

"The ocean covers over 70% of the planet. It is our life source, supporting humanity’s sustenance and that of every other organism on earth."
- United Nations

05/06/2022

Today is World Environment Day!

World Environment Day is a global platform for inspiring positive change.

02/06/2022

Today is the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.

"Royal Jubilees are an occasion to celebrate the life and reign of a monarch, and are significant events which are celebrated around the world."
- The Royal Household

02/06/2022

Three African nations defeated Human African Trypanosomiasis, a life-threatening disease also known as ‘sleeping sickness’ carried by tsetse flies.

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02/06/2022

Three African nations defeated Human African Trypanosomiasis, a life-threatening disease also known as 'sleeping sickness' carried by tsetse flies.

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A life-threatening tropical disease called 'sleeping sickness' has been successfully defeated in three African nations after extensive testing and interventions, and is no longer considered a public health crisis.

01/06/2022

"Pride Month is currently celebrated each year in the month of June to honour the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan. The Stonewall Uprising was a tipping point for the Gay Liberation Movement in the United States."
-- Library of Congress

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30/05/2022

Memorial Day is observed to honor the brave men and women who died serving in the U.S military.

Let us all remember our fallen service members with pride.

Happy Memorial Day!

14/05/2022

Trade between companies in developed countries and producers in developing countries in which fair prices are paid to the producers.

09/05/2022

🔄 Good News - This day in history

Victory in Europe Day is the day celebrating the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces on Tuesday, 8 May 1945.

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20/04/2022

There is a potential revolution in the prevention and treatment of prostate cancer after the discovery of bacteria linked to it.

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24/03/2022

The scientists from Albert Einstein College of Medicine have developed a new therapeutic strategy that can reduce cancer metastases by 87%.

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24/03/2022

The scientists from Albert Einstein College of Medicine have devised a new therapeutic strategy that can reduce cancer metastases by 87%.

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A new strategy developed by scientists in the Albert Einstein College of Medicine makes pancreatic tumours visible to the immune systems of mice and vulnerable to immune attacks, reducing cancer metastases by 87%.

03/03/2022

Representatives of 175 nations agreed to draft a global treaty on plastic pollution to not only improve recycling and clean up the world's plastic waste but also reduce plastics production as well.

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03/03/2022

Representatives of 175 nations agreed to draft a global treaty on plastic pollution to not only improve recycling and clean up the world's plastic waste but also reduce plastics production as well.

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Over 175 states have agreed to start drafting a global plastic treaty that would set rules for plastics production, use and disposal.

15/02/2022

Iceland's fisheries minister announced that no new licenses would be granted for whaling.

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