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Published on Jun 20, 2025Source: The Jerusalem Post - Center-right
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Published on Jun 20, 2025
New ways to see: Northfield artist shares gifts despite impending blindness
Faced with total vision loss in the near future, many people might understandably respond with despair, fear, anger, or all three. Yet Virginia “Jinx” Hastings, 80, faces such loss in inspiring ways. After undergoing more than a dozen procedures for …
Source: Greenfield Recorder - Massachusetts - Neutral -
Published on Jun 20, 2025
AI-Driven Breakthrough In River Blindness Treatment
Photo credit: The Future of Eye Care: How AI is Changing Ophthalmology Introduction On Wednesday, the 11th of June 2025, Research and Innovation Agenda hosted Dr. Paul Owusu Donkor, a Senior Lecturer at the University of Ghana School of Pharmacy. Dr. …
Source: Daily Guide - Pro-Government -
Published on Jun 20, 2025
Vision for Change: Seva Foundation Is on a Mission to End Preventable Blindness
When one thinks of solutions to global poverty, eye care rarely makes the list. But it should, and Seva Foundation has the research to prove it. For more than four decades, nonprofit organization Seva Foundation has been quietly transforming lives across …
Source: International Business Times - Center-left -
Published on Jun 17, 2025
Inside Kim Woodburn’s health struggles – severe blindness; neck surgery; emergency op before her death
The death of TV personality Kim Woodburn, aged 83, was announced earlier today. A statement shared revealed that Kim had died following a short illness, but in the weeks before her death, the outspoken star had sparked health concerns among her fans. …
Source: Entertainment Daily - Pending -
Published on Jun 17, 2025
Union-Endicott student creates new app to aid color blindness
ENDICOTT, N.Y. (WBNG) -- A new app created by Union-Endicott High School senior Hadrian Pezzino aims to help people who are colorblind identify different colors. “I wanted to help people, and I wanted to make an app,” Pezzino said. “Putting the two …
Source: WBNG - New York - Neutral -
Published on Jun 16, 2025
‘A Memoir of Blindness and Justice’ author talk set June 18
\The Lewes Public Library and Seaside Jewish Community will present an online conversation with Judge David S. Tatel about his new memoir, “Vision: A Memoir of Blindness and Justice,” at 5 p.m., Wednesday, June 18, via Zoom. Tatel will be in conversation …
Source: Cape Gazette - Delaware - Neutral -
Published on Jun 16, 2025
This AI system found a potential cure for blindness
People developing frontier AI models often speculate about how amazing the world will be once AGI and AI superintelligence are available. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s recent essay is the latest example of that. Once superhuman intelligence is reached, the AI …
Source: BGR - New York - Pending -
Published on 05:08 GMT
For the visually impaired, entering medical and legal fields in India is like navigating a maze
Currently, recruitment for civil judge (junior division) posts in Uttarakhand is confined to only four types of benchmark disabilities: cured leprosy, acid attack victims, muscular dystrophy and dwarfism. This effectively excludes other benchmark …
Source: The Print - Neutral -
Published on 01:53 GMT
How to keep your cornea safe
The cornea, a highly transparent tissue of the eye, often goes unnoticed because it allows light to pass through. The eyes derive their colour from the iris, a circular diaphragm within the eye, and not the cornea. Measuring 11-12 mm in diameter, the …
Source: The Tribune (Chandigarh) - Neutral