A young man who had been badly injured from a traffic accident and had been in a coma for 62 days suddenly became conscious when he heard his brother mention his favorite dish — "chicken fillet" (雞排). In July of this year, an 18-year-old male surnamed Chiu (邱) from Hsinchu County was involved in a road accident when he was riding his scooter. During the collision, he suffered serious damage to multiple organs in his body.

A 5-year-old Pennsylvania boy is being hailed a hero after he used Amazon’s Alexa to call for help while his mother suffered an epileptic seizure. The child’s grandmother, Natalie Neal, says she programed the Alexa app with her phone number so that her grandson, Tyrion Spann, can call her anytime, PEOPLE reports. ″I just thought for, you know, him to tell me, ‘Hey grandmom, I love you. Hey Gigi, I love you,’″ Neal explained to ABC affiliate WPVI.

“He knows that the dog has the same condition as he does," said the boy's mother, Ashley Boyers. "He understands.”

One Black doctor is working on the front lines during the coronavirus pandemic as a medical student at the same facility where he once worked as a security guard. Dr. Russell Ledet, who worked security at Baton Rouge General Medical Center for about five years, said that he would study medicine on note cards and ask doctors that passed by if he could shadow them.

A Latino man survived World War II, graduated in college as a Top Honor in his class at the age of 96, and now the global pandemic. He is now Italy's oldest university graduate.

Kansas City Chiefs defensive tackle Derrick Nnadi vowed to pay the adoption fees for more than 100 dogs if his team won the Super Bowl. The Chiefs won. And Nnadi made good on his promise. Now, thanks to his generosity, every kennel at one of KC Pet Project's animal shelters is empty.

A homeless man rescued a teenage boy with autism from drowning after finding the latter stuck in a creek. Bobby Mitchell was at Hawthorne Park in Oregon, United States when he heard the boy’s screams on June 25, as per CBS-affiliate KTVL today, June 29. Mitchell quickly followed the sound of the teenager’s voice and found him stuck in a nearby creek.

A group of friends with big dreams and even bigger hearts started a summer business that is helping black-owned businesses and neighborhoods in Minneapolis affected by the coronavirus pandemic and protests following the death of George Floyd.

From basic first aid to emergency CPR, almost every Navy Sailor is trained to respond to life-threatening situations. Out to sea, there is no civilian emergency assistance. Instead, each Sailor is a first responder, receiving continuous training with the hope that proper action during an emergency will become a natural response.

Hita Gupta was heartbroken upon learning her regular visits to nursing homes were put on hold because of coronavirus. "They told me that I couldn't visit because they were trying to limit interaction with seniors to prevent the spread," Gupta told CNN. The 15-year-old had been volunteering at one facility near her home in Paoli, Pennsylvania, for more than a year -- organizing activities like trivia and bingo for the residents.

“We have a lot of really good tenants,” said apartment manager Rob Mager. “A lot of them have been there 20 years.” Mager reached out to Bumpers Grill & Bar in Fairview to prepare and deliver around 225 meals to his tenants over four nights. “It's a nice gesture,” said Dean Hurford who owns Bumpers with his wife Marcia. “I was like 'Ok, how do we simplify that?' And [Mager] was like, 'No, I don't want to simply that, I want prime rib, I want great dinners!’”

More than a month after tornadoes tore apart Middle Tennessee, a beloved pup made reunited with her family in Putnam County. WTVF reported that Eric and Faith Johnson had been searching for their Australian Shepherd named Bella for 54 days after a tornado destroyed their home in Cookeville March 3.

A 7-year-old girl from Warren is proving you’re never too young to start giving back to your local community — especially in times of crisis. Over the past week, Alexandrea Fullerton has been raising money for Pen Bay Medical Center and the Warren Food Pantry by selling her toys. [Our COVID-19 tracker contains the most recent information on Maine cases by county] “I just wanted to be nice,” she said. “[Hospitals] need money so they can buy masks and gloves so they’re safe.”

Safari operator Pankaj Shah would normally be showing tourists around the beauty spots of his native Kenya. Instead, he is spearheading a volunteer effort to feed thousands of families left penniless when the new coronavirus devastated the economy.

A four-year-old boy has beaten coronavirus while also fighting cancer with gruelling chemotherapy sessions. Archie Wilks was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a childhood cancer, in January 2019 and had been undergoing chemotherapy and immunotherapy before he was tested for coronavirus when he began showing symtoms.

Tyler Perry surprised elderly shoppers across two states Wednesday morning by covering the cost of their groceries, PEOPLE has learned. The TV and movie mogul, 50, paid for the groceries of all elderly shoppers at 44 Kroger stores in Atlanta, Georgia, his hometown state, as well as 29 Winn Dixie stores in his native New Orleans during the hour reserved for older customers amid the coronavirus pandemic.

As social distancing guidelines remain in effect, animal rescue advocates are celebrating a huge win in Chicago. For the first time in the shelter’s history, Chicago Animal Care and Control is completely empty of adoptable animals. There’s no doubt that we’re living in unprecedented times, and there’s even more doom and gloom in the news than usual. But behind all that worry, there are stories popping up around the country of people coming together to accomplish great things.

An Italian grandmother who survived the Spanish Flu pandemic 100 years ago has become the world’s oldest person to overcome coronavirus. 104-year-old Ada Zanusso's recovery against the deadly bug was praised by her doctors as a "sign of good hope".

Rapper G-Eazy, through his Endless Summer Fund, will be feeding San Francisco youth for the following month. The Bay Area native and his charity organization will be working with Larkin Street Youth Services, a local non-profit group, to feed the at-risk youth in the area.

The deadly spread of coronavirus may be taking a harsh toll on nations around the globe, but the creative outlets that people are finding to alleviate the boredom of isolation is providing some more uplifting news to report. Italy has been one of the places most decimated by the virus. Last week, its death toll surpassed China’s. At the time of writing, it had reached 5,476 fatalities, with 59,138 confirmed cases. The country is in full lockdown, with people only allowed to leave their homes for essential reasons.