Fragmented Healthcare System in Italy: Inequity and Inefficiency
The decentralized Italian healthcare system, established in 2001, faces challenges due to regional fragmentation, leading to communication problems, duplicated tests, and inequitable access to care, with the most vulnerable populations being disproportionately affected.
Fragmented Healthcare System in Italy: Inequity and Inefficiency
The decentralized Italian healthcare system, established in 2001, faces challenges due to regional fragmentation, leading to communication problems, duplicated tests, and inequitable access to care, with the most vulnerable populations being disproportionately affected.
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52% Bias Score
AI Model Detects Cyberbullying Risk in School Chats
The University of Padua and Fondazione Carolina developed Net Guardian, an AI model that analyzes school WhatsApp group chats to quantify cyberbullying risk, providing educators with a score to guide interventions; a Milan trial showed that 70% of students couldn't recognize cyberbullying risk.
AI Model Detects Cyberbullying Risk in School Chats
The University of Padua and Fondazione Carolina developed Net Guardian, an AI model that analyzes school WhatsApp group chats to quantify cyberbullying risk, providing educators with a score to guide interventions; a Milan trial showed that 70% of students couldn't recognize cyberbullying risk.
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36% Bias Score
Italian Activists Report Police Abuse After Protest
In Brescia, Italy, 23 environmental activists protesting at Leonardo's headquarters were taken to the police station, allegedly forced to undress and perform squats, prompting outrage and plans for legal action against police misconduct.
Italian Activists Report Police Abuse After Protest
In Brescia, Italy, 23 environmental activists protesting at Leonardo's headquarters were taken to the police station, allegedly forced to undress and perform squats, prompting outrage and plans for legal action against police misconduct.
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64% Bias Score
Italy Cracks Down on Fake Online Reviews to Protect Tourism Sector
Italy's new law mandates verifiable IDs and proof of visit for online reviews, prohibits paid reviews, and allows businesses to remove false or outdated ones, aiming to counter the 6%-30% revenue loss from fake reviews in the hospitality and tourism sectors.
Italy Cracks Down on Fake Online Reviews to Protect Tourism Sector
Italy's new law mandates verifiable IDs and proof of visit for online reviews, prohibits paid reviews, and allows businesses to remove false or outdated ones, aiming to counter the 6%-30% revenue loss from fake reviews in the hospitality and tourism sectors.
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40% Bias Score
Italy Train Disruptions: Widespread Failures Prompt Police Investigation
Widespread train disruptions across central and northern Italy on January 17, 2024, caused by multiple technical failures, resulted in delays of up to 100 minutes, service suspensions, and a police report filed by the railway company due to suspected foul play.
Italy Train Disruptions: Widespread Failures Prompt Police Investigation
Widespread train disruptions across central and northern Italy on January 17, 2024, caused by multiple technical failures, resulted in delays of up to 100 minutes, service suspensions, and a police report filed by the railway company due to suspected foul play.
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56% Bias Score
Minimally Invasive Heart Device Saves Five at Bambino Gesù Hospital
Five patients with severe congenital heart disease at Rome's Bambino Gesù hospital received innovative life-saving devices in a minimally invasive procedure, avoiding open-heart surgery and improving quality of life; this follows a compassionate use case in June 2023, and the devices now have CE mar...
Minimally Invasive Heart Device Saves Five at Bambino Gesù Hospital
Five patients with severe congenital heart disease at Rome's Bambino Gesù hospital received innovative life-saving devices in a minimally invasive procedure, avoiding open-heart surgery and improving quality of life; this follows a compassionate use case in June 2023, and the devices now have CE mar...
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40% Bias Score
Italian Teacher Sentenced for Abuse of Elementary School Students
A 56-year-old special education teacher in Nardò, Italy, Brunella La Rosa, was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for aggravated abuse of eight elementary school students between November 2018 and January 2019, including slapping, pushing, hair pulling, and causing students to urinate themselves, base...
Italian Teacher Sentenced for Abuse of Elementary School Students
A 56-year-old special education teacher in Nardò, Italy, Brunella La Rosa, was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for aggravated abuse of eight elementary school students between November 2018 and January 2019, including slapping, pushing, hair pulling, and causing students to urinate themselves, base...
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48% Bias Score
Prisoner Exchange: Iranian Engineer Released From Italy, But Devices Remain
Iranian engineer Mohammad Abedini, detained in Italy on a US warrant for supplying drone technology used in a deadly attack in Jordan, was released in a prisoner exchange with Iran for Italian journalist Cecilia Sala; however, his electronic devices remain in Italy pending US inspection.
Prisoner Exchange: Iranian Engineer Released From Italy, But Devices Remain
Iranian engineer Mohammad Abedini, detained in Italy on a US warrant for supplying drone technology used in a deadly attack in Jordan, was released in a prisoner exchange with Iran for Italian journalist Cecilia Sala; however, his electronic devices remain in Italy pending US inspection.
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40% Bias Score
Italy's Hard-to-Abate Sectors: Steep Economic Hurdles to Decarbonization
A study by the Politecnico di Milano reveals that hard-to-abate sectors in Italy contributed to 19% of the nation's emissions in 2023; achieving EU climate targets requires substantial investment in decarbonization technologies, facing significant economic and policy hurdles.
Italy's Hard-to-Abate Sectors: Steep Economic Hurdles to Decarbonization
A study by the Politecnico di Milano reveals that hard-to-abate sectors in Italy contributed to 19% of the nation's emissions in 2023; achieving EU climate targets requires substantial investment in decarbonization technologies, facing significant economic and policy hurdles.
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48% Bias Score
Italian Venture Capital Reaches €1.127 Billion in 2024, But Growth Remains Limited
The 2024 EY Venture Capital Barometer reveals that Italian venture capital reached €1.127 billion, a 7.5% increase from 2023, but this represents only 0.06% of Italy's GDP, highlighting the need for structural improvements to foster growth in the sector.
Italian Venture Capital Reaches €1.127 Billion in 2024, But Growth Remains Limited
The 2024 EY Venture Capital Barometer reveals that Italian venture capital reached €1.127 billion, a 7.5% increase from 2023, but this represents only 0.06% of Italy's GDP, highlighting the need for structural improvements to foster growth in the sector.
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40% Bias Score
Soaring Prison Suicides in Italy Highlight Systemic Crisis
The number of suicides in Italian prisons in the first two weeks of 2025 doubled compared to 2024, reaching six confirmed cases and eight including suspected deaths, due to severe overcrowding and inadequate resources.
Soaring Prison Suicides in Italy Highlight Systemic Crisis
The number of suicides in Italian prisons in the first two weeks of 2025 doubled compared to 2024, reaching six confirmed cases and eight including suspected deaths, due to severe overcrowding and inadequate resources.
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60% Bias Score
World's Oldest Tattoos Found on Ötzi the Iceman
The 61 tattoos on Ötzi, a 46-year-old Copper Age man discovered in 1991 in the Alps, are confirmed as the world's oldest, predating previous finds by at least 1,000 years, and may have had therapeutic purposes.
World's Oldest Tattoos Found on Ötzi the Iceman
The 61 tattoos on Ötzi, a 46-year-old Copper Age man discovered in 1991 in the Alps, are confirmed as the world's oldest, predating previous finds by at least 1,000 years, and may have had therapeutic purposes.
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36% Bias Score