"China has approved a brain-computer interface (BCI) for people with severe paralysis to help restore their hand movements - the first in the world to be available outside of a clinical trial. The coin-sized implant will be available for people aged between 18 and 60 years old who have paralysis that affects all of their limbs and that was caused by an injury to the neck area of the spinal cord."
"A US judge has blocked sweeping changes to the country's childhood immunization schedule brought in by health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The case was brought by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Physicians and the Infectious Diseases Society of America, among others. The judge called Kennedy to task for replacing the members of a prominent vaccine-advisory panel with people who largely lacked expertise in vaccines, and reversed all of the panel's decisions."
China has approved a brain-computer interface implant for people with severe paralysis caused by spinal cord injuries, marking the first commercial availability outside clinical trials. The coin-sized device targets patients aged 18-60 with complete limb paralysis from neck-area spinal injuries and aims to restore hand movements. In separate developments, a US court blocked vaccine schedule changes implemented by health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., ruling that he improperly replaced vaccine-advisory panel members with unqualified individuals. Additionally, Microsoft's AI chief executive called for restrictions on programming chatbots to manipulate human empathy. The AlphaFold protein database received upgrades including protein complex predictions.
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