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07 January 2022, US, Baltimore: Members of the surgical team show the pig heart for transplant into patient David Bennett that will be performed in Baltimore. The surgery at the University of Maryland marks the first time a gene-edited pig has been used as an organ donor. Patient Bennett has lived for three days with a pig heart beating inside his chest after an eight-hour procedure. Photo: University Of Maryland School/ZUMA Press Wire Service/dpa.

Lifestyle

MEDICINE

US surgeons transplant pig's heart into adult human for first time

The Nomad Today/dpa 1/11/22

"It was either die or do this transplant. I want to live. I know it’s a shot in the dark, but it’s my last choice," the patient was quoted as saying a day before the surgery was performed

SCREENSHOT - An undated shot of the text message "Merry Christmas" on the display of a mobile phone logged into the Vodafone mobile network, 14 letters that marked the beginning of the mobile phone age a mobile phone of a Vodafone employee on December 3, 1992. Photo: Vodafone/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only in connection with the latest coverage and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full.

World

TECHNOLOGY

World's first SMS to be auctioned as digital piece of history in Paris

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/21/21

Vodafone programmer Neil Papworth sent the message in December 1992 to a colleague who received it while he was at the company Christmas party

FILED - The American-born dancer Josephine Baker in 1954. Photo: dpa Photo: dpa.

World

FREEDOM FIGHTER

Josephine Baker to be inducted into Paris Pantheon as 1st black woman

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/30/21

Baker was a French national heroine

29 November 2021, Czech Republic, Trutnov: An employee of the microbiological laboratory of the Trutnov Hospital evaluates tests for COVID-19. The first case of the coronavirus variant Omicron in the Czech Republic has been confirmed after further laboratory tests. Photo: Taneèek David/CTK/dpa.

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

France reports first Omicron case

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/30/21

The infected person had travelled to Mozambique in mid-November

Coronavirus

PANDEMIC

Omicron variant detected for first time in Sweden

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/30/21

The person comes from the southern Swedish region of Skane

08 December 2020, Northern Ireland, Belfast: A person holds a phial of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine ahead of being administered at the Royal Victoria Hospital on the first day of the largest immunisation programme in the UK's history. Photo: Liam Mcburney/PA Wire/dpa

Coronavirus

VACCINATION

Woman at care home first to get Covid-19 vaccination in Sweden

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/27/20

Sweden was joining most other EU member states in rolling out the vaccine on Sunday, what the region's leaders are calling "V-Day."

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US surgeons transplant pig's heart into adult human for first time

World's first SMS to be auctioned as digital piece of history in Paris

Josephine Baker to be inducted into Paris Pantheon as 1st black woman

France reports first Omicron case

Omicron variant detected for first time in Sweden

Woman at care home first to get Covid-19 vaccination in Sweden

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