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A volunteer-led book club is helping Charlottesville elementary students recover from pandemic learning loss, with 60% showing measurable reading improvement. The program has tripled in size this year after proven success.
After sitting motionless for five years, Melbourne's once-ridiculed observation wheel has reopened with new owners who believe it symbolizes the city's triumphant recovery from the pandemic era. The 120-meter landmark is expected to draw 300,000 visitors annually to Melbourne's Docklands.
Despite learning through pandemic lockdowns and remote classes, Montreal students achieved a 92.1% graduation rate, the highest among Quebec's English public schools. The success story shows how resilience and support helped an entire generation overcome unprecedented challenges.
When everything shut down in 2020, Lincoln empty nester Lon Krugman bought paint supplies and taught himself a rewarding new skill. Now his oil paintings fill a Nebraska hospital gallery, bringing beauty to patients and visitors.
Thousands of college athletes from the Class of 2022 just got unexpected news that could change their futures. A federal judge granted an injunction giving them a fifth year of NCAA eligibility, opening doors many thought had closed forever.
A researcher at Ohio State University has developed a simple clip and plug device that helps people regain their sense of smell. For the first time, smell loss patients are smelling coffee and chocolate again.
A New Mexico court worker who couldn't drive or work after long COVID returned to normal life following eight weeks of hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Scientists are studying whether pressurized oxygen chambers could help millions suffering from the debilitating condition.
Teofilo arrived at Kindred Hospital Chicago North on full ventilator support, unable to move or care for himself. Ten days later, he walked out the door to go home.
A routine family vacation turned into a life-or-death emergency when Gail Dalton's oxygen levels plummeted to 62 percent in Barbados. A specialized medical team flew her to the Cayman Islands and used advanced life support technology to save her life.
When Mthwakazi Nancy Soqaka lost her teaching position during COVID, she built her own preschool in Khayelitsha. Four years later, she runs three classrooms serving 53 children and has created multiple jobs.
A major study of 1,747 COVID patients found that vitamin D supplements may reduce the risk of developing long COVID by up to 4%. While it didn't help during acute infection, researchers discovered an encouraging link to fewer lingering symptoms months later.
Schools serving mostly Black students are making the biggest academic gains of any group since COVID shutdowns. Despite facing the steepest pandemic learning losses, these schools are climbing back faster than anyone expected.