An organization that started in Copenhagen, Denmark has now spread to 40 countries and boasts more than 10,000 participants. The organization, Cycling without Age, is giving the elderly from all over the world a breath of fresh air. They literally do it by driving them on a rickshaw. The organization […]
STAR is a partnership between the Mental Health Center of Denver, Denver Health, Denver Police Department, Denver Department of Public Health and Environment, and stakeholders like Caring4Denver. It launched on the 1st of June, 2020 and it’s noted huge success since. This program provides crisis response to community members with […]
Back in 2015, Virtue Oboro had the worst experience; at only 48 hours old, her newborn baby, a son, had to be rushed into the hospital for urgent treatment. The baby named Tombra was diagnosed with jaundice, a common health issue that happens more than 60 percent of newborns globally. […]
Аsthma is a common health issue and although there’s therapy for it, there’s always a need to find better and even more efficient options. One promising finding offers hope for the people with the most serious cases of asthma. Namely, a team of researchers at the Trinity College in Dublin […]
Jared Veldheer is a retired NFL offensive lineman who was searching for a new challenge in Grand Rapids, Michigan last summer when he heard about a job opening. This was a job at his children’s school in the cafeteria. The Catholic school looked for a worker to oversee the cooking […]
Sea cucumbers are a delicacy in Asian cultures. They’re not veggies, but marine animals that live on sea floors throughout the globe. The largest population of sea cucumbers is in the Pacific Ocean. They’re similar to large worms or caterpillars and their body is tubular and soft. Divers gather them […]
Aroostook County will be the first county to have a dog at their courthouse that’s trained to comfort individuals who’ve gone through a trauma. Holiday is a yellow labrador retriever that’s a donation from a local breeder and lives with the Aroostook County District Attorney Todd Collins in Presque Isle. […]
The company that designed the 3D-printed pod (The Sarco Pod) that helps out with assisted suicide claims they’re confident the pod will be available in Switzerland as early as next year. The company commissioned a legal expert who concluded that their machine doesn’t violate any laws of the country. However, […]
Bioengineers from Rice University successfully destroyed ovarian and colorectal cancer at advanced stages in lab mice in as little as six days. The treatment may be prepared to be administered in clinical trials with humans later this year. For the purposes of the study, the researchers used implantable so-called drug […]
It’s not common among waste departments to spend more time thinking about saving, rather than throwing things away. However, in Hamburg, Germany, the situation appears to be different. There’s actually profit that’s being made from the second-hand market. Repurposing Goods from Landfills Is Already a Thing in Germany Stillbruch or […]