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Close up portrait of a Maori business woman outdoors in the workplace., for article on Ngāti Maniapoto settlement

2022 C.E. September 29

Māori tribe secures landmark apology and compensation over colonial atrocities

Ngāti Maniapoto won a landmark settlement on September 23, 2022, when New Zealand's parliament unanimously returned 36 culturally significant sites and pledged NZ$177 million in redress to the Waikato-based iwi. Hundreds of members rode a charter train nine hours to Wellington to witness it, filling the public gallery with waiata and haka as the vote passed. The crown formally apologized for indiscriminate killings during the Waikato Wars and generations of deprivation that followed. For...

Injecting vaccine, for article on India HPV vaccine

2022 C.E. September 27

Indian company develops country’s first HPV vaccine

CERVAVAC, India's first homegrown cervical cancer vaccine, is priced at just $2.50 to $5.00 per dose — a fraction of what HPV vaccines have cost in wealthy countries for nearly two decades. Developed by the Serum Institute of India, it protects against the HPV strains responsible for the majority of cervical cancers worldwide, and the company aims to produce around 200 million doses in its first two years. Cervical cancer is almost entirely preventable,...

Havana streets, for article on same-sex marriage Cuba

2022 C.E. September 26

Cuba approves same-sex marriage in historic turnabout

Same-sex marriage in Cuba is now legal, after roughly two-thirds of voters approved a sweeping new family code that also opens adoption to gay couples. Before the referendum, the draft was workshopped at more than 79,000 neighborhood meetings, drawing over 300,000 citizen suggestions that shaped the final text. The 100-page code goes well beyond marriage equality, condemning family violence, urging equal sharing of housework, and giving children a formal voice in family decisions. It's...

Female scientist pipetting colored chemicals into a tube, for article on CAR T-cell therapy

2022 C.E. September 16

Scientists hail autoimmune disease therapy breakthrough

Lupus remission in all five patients — that's the striking result from a small German trial using CAR T-cell therapy, a treatment originally developed for blood cancers. Doctors collected each patient's own T-cells, reprogrammed them to clear out the malfunctioning B cells driving the disease, and reinfused them. Months later, the patients' immune systems had essentially rebooted: new B cells grew back, but they no longer attacked the body. None have needed lupus medication...

Aerial view of cargo ship, for article on blue whale ship strike

2022 C.E. September 12

World’s largest shipping line reroutes its ships to avoid hitting blue whales

Blue whales off Sri Lanka finally have a powerful ally in their corner. The world's largest container shipping company voluntarily rerouted its vessels away from waters where pygmy blue whales live and feed — without any regulatory requirement to do so. Scientists estimate a 15-nautical-mile route adjustment could reduce fatal collisions by up to 95% for this resident population. The hope now is that MSC's move pressures international maritime authorities to make the change...

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