On July 25, 1978, Louise Joy Brown, the world’s first baby to
be conceived via in-vitro fertilization (IVF)was born at Oldham
and District General Hospital in Manchester, England, to parents
Lesley and Peter Brown.

Today, IVF is considered a mainstream medical treatment for
infertility. Hundreds of thousands of children around the world
have been conceived through the procedure, in some cases
with donor eggs and sperm.

(FOX NEWS) – Paul Simon was forced to cancel a string of
concerts Saturday after suffering an injury.

The "You Can Call Me Al" singer has been "struggling with
chronic and intense back pain," which forced the cancellation
of shows on the East Coast.

The 83-year-old singer will undergo minor surgery in the next
few days to help with ‘chronic and intense’ back pain.

Impact the lives of St. Jude kids – St. Jude Children’s
Research Hospital.

LEBANON, Ore. (KATU) — On Feb. 6, 2025, a group of Safeway employees in Lebanon demonstrated heroism when a co-worker
suffered a sudden cardiac arrest in the store’s break room.

Mary Stratton, John Escalera, Brandy Davis, and Tammy Vanepps-
Fox acted in time, performing CPR and using an Automated
External Defibrillator to administer two shocks before emergency responders arrived.

Their prompt actions were crucial in giving the patient a fighting
chance at survival.

Upon arrival, Lebanon Fire District crews continued treatment,
applying two additional shocks and achieving Return of
Spontaneous Circulation before stabilizing the patient was
transported to the hospital and discharged several days later.

The lifesaving efforts of Stratton, Escalera, Davis, and Vanepps-
Fox were recognized at the Lebanon Fire District’s Board Meeting
on March 11, 2025.

LFD also expressed gratitude to its crew members for their
professional response. The Fire District encourages the
community to stay prepared by learning CPR and AED
skills, which can be life-saving.

lebanonfireoregon.gov/321/PulsePoint.

On January 11, 1922, 14-year-old Leonard Thompson became
the first person to receive an injection of the hormone insulin
for Type-1 diabetes—a disease that for millennia had been
considered a death sentence for anyone who developed it.

Canadian scientists Frederick Banting (right) and Charles
Best circa 1924, three years after they successfully isolated insulin for the first time.

Laboratory on the University of Toronto campus where
Banting and Best carried out some of their research on
insulin.