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1 week ago | 
abc7.com | Youri Benadjaoud |Osej Serratos |Michael Mendelsohn |Milan Miller
Fernando da Silva, who lives in the southern African nation of Angola, was diagnosed with prostate cancer in March. Three months later, he underwent a procedure to cut out the cancer from a surgeon who has done tens of thousands of similar procedures. But the doctor performing the surgery was 7,000 miles away -- in Orlando, Florida. Da Silva was the first patient of a groundbreaking human clinical trial approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to test transcontinental robotic telesurgery.
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1 week ago | 
abcnews.go.com | Youri Benadjaoud |Osej Serratos |Michael Mendelsohn |Milan Miller
The doctor calls it a "huge leap for health care."ByYouri Benadjaoud, Osej Serratos, Michael Mendelsohn, and Milan MillerDr. Vipul Patel, medical director of the Global Robotic Institute at Advent Health in Orlando, Florida, who performed the robotic telesurgery. Society of Robotic SurguryFernando da Silva, who lives in the southern African nation of Angola, was diagnosed with prostate cancer in March.
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1 week ago | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Youri Benadjaoud |Osej Serratos |Michael Mendelsohn |Milan Miller
Groundbreaking remote robotic surgery: Patient was in Africa; doctor was in FloridaFernando da Silva, who lives in the southern African nation of Angola, was diagnosed with prostate cancer in March. Three months later, he underwent a procedure to cut out the cancer from a surgeon who has done tens of thousands of similar procedures. But the doctor performing the surgery was 7,000 miles away -- in Orlando, Florida.
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1 week ago | 
aol.com | Youri Benadjaoud |Osej Serratos |Michael Mendelsohn |Milan Miller
Fernando da Silva, who lives in the southern African nation of Angola, was diagnosed with prostate cancer in March. Three months later, he underwent a procedure to cut out the cancer from a surgeon who has done tens of thousands of similar procedures. But the doctor performing the surgery was 7,000 miles away -- in Orlando, Florida.
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Youri Benadjaoud |Osej Serratos |Michael Mendelsohn |Milan Miller
Fernando da Silva, who lives in the southern African nation of Angola, was diagnosed with prostate cancer in March. Three months later, he underwent a procedure to cut out the cancer from a surgeon who has done tens of thousands of similar procedures. But the doctor performing the surgery was 7,000 miles away -- in Orlando, Florida.
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Mar 3, 2025 | 
thepulseofnh.com | Bill Hutchinson |Steve Osunsami |Janice Mcdonald |Milan Miller
After a rash of wildfires broke out over the weekend, scorching thousands of acres in South and North Carolina, firefighters on Monday reported making significant progress in extinguishing the blazes that prompted mass evacuations and threatened numerous homes, officials said. At one point on Saturday and into Sunday, 175 wildfires erupted in South and North Carolina, fueled by high winds and extremely dry conditions, officials said. The fires prompted South Carolina Gov.
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Mar 3, 2025 | 
abcnews.go.com | Steve Osunsami |Janice Mcdonald |Milan Miller |Sean Keane
A railroad company wants the Smiths to relocate so its business can expand. BySteve Osunsami, Janice McDonald, Milan Miller, and Sean KeaneMark Smith -- Blaine's brother -- and Janet Paige Smith are determined to keep their family property in Sparta, Georgia. ABC NewsHistory tells us that the railroad helped put America on the right track, when trains started moving people and goods across the country in the 1800s.
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Mar 3, 2025 | 
thepulseofnh.com | Emily Shapiro |Steve Osunsami |Janice Mcdonald |Milan Miller
(HIGHLAND PARK, Ill.) -- Highland Park, Illinois, mass shooting suspect Robert Crimo III changed his plea to guilty on Monday as opening arguments in his trial were set to begin, according to Chicago ABC station WLS. Crimo is accused of killing seven people and injuring dozens of others in the mass shooting at a 2022 Fourth of July parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park.
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Feb 20, 2024 | 
thepulseofnh.com | Mary Kekatos |Steve Osunsami |Lindsey Griswold |Milan Miller
(NEW YORK) -- The number of measles cases linked to an elementary school outbreak in southern Florida has risen to five. The outbreak at Manatee Bay Elementary School in Weston -- 20 miles west of Fort Lauderdale and located in Broward County -- was first reported on Friday with the initial patient being a third-grade student without a history of travel, according to the Florida Department of Health (DOH).
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Feb 19, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | Steve Osunsami |Lindsey Griswold |Milan Miller
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