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The International Mathematical Union awards the Fields Medal to mathematicians Hugo Duminil-Copin of France, June Huh of the United States, James Maynard of the United Kingdom, and Maryna Viazovska of Ukraine, at the quadrennial International Congress of Mathematicians in Helsinki, Finland.
2022-07-5

Australian-British academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert is freed by Iran in an apparent prisoner exchange with Australia for three Iranians. Moore-Gilbert had been arrested for espionage. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison calls her release a "miracle".
2020-11-26

President Hassan Rouhani says that the health ministry estimated as many as 25 million Iranians have been infected by the virus and that 30 to 35 million will be infected in the coming months as he urges the public to take the virus seriously.
2020-07-18

A research study published in "The New England Journal of Medicine" describes a significant mortality response to the immunotherapy Atezolizumab used in conjunction with the chemotherapy nab-paclitaxel for a type of untreatable Breast cancer (Triple-negative) when the tumors also display programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression.
2018-10-20

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force issues a recommendation stating that, in consultation with their doctor and pharmacist, and provided the risk of gastrointestinal bleeding and the very rare risk of certain hemorrhagic strokes do not outweigh the benefits in individual cases, that people aged 50 to 70 (especially those aged 50-60 and with a 10 percent risk or higher of cardiovascular disease, or CVD; mindful that the risk of bleeding, which can be dangerous, goes up as one ages) should take low-dose aspirin, for a period of at least 10 years, for preventive benefits against CVD and heart attack, as well as colorectal cancer. The evidence is inconclusive for those not at very high risk who are over 70, and below 40, and there is only weak evidence for prevention of lung cancer, breast cancer, and prostate cancer.
2015-09-14

Artur Avila, Manjul Bhargava, Martin Hairer, and Maryam Mirzakhani are awarded Fields Medals. Mirzakhani became the first female and the first Iranian Fields medalist.
2014-08-12

An Iranian exile group claims that it has evidence of secret nuclear facilities located in tunnels beneath a mountain near the town of Damavand.
2013-07-11

Australian rock singer Chrissy Amphlett (Divinyls – "I Touch Myself"), dies at the age of 53 from breast cancer and multiple sclerosis.
2013-04-21

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves Kadcyla, a new drug manufactured by Roche, for treating late-stage breast cancer.
2013-02-22

The Fields Medal is awarded to Elon Lindenstrauss, Ngô Bảo Châu, Stanislav Smirnov and Cédric Villani at the 2010 International Congress of Mathematicians in Hyderabad, India.
2010-08-19