• In Cambodia, 99% of women now give birth with help from a trained healthcare provider, a huge increase from just over one in three women in 2000. Also, neonatal and under five mortality rates have rapidly declined over the past two decades and life expectancy has gone up. Khmer Times.
• There is no sixth mass extinction going on. Warp News.
• Critically endangered porpoise shows signs of recovery. Bird Guides.
• Volcanic microbe eats CO2 ‘astonishingly quickly’, say scientists. The Guardian.
• With bird-tracking AI and turbines that grind to a halt before strikes occur, today’s wind farms are safer than ever for travelers on the wing. Reasons to be Cheerful.
• By intervening early, often with small rent payments, a Portland shelter kept nearly 100 families out of homelessness last year, saving thousands of dollars in future rehousing costs. Reasons to be Cheerful.
• Spain sees the world’s first lung transplant performed entirely by robot. Euronews.
• Convictions cleared for nearly 850K Michiganders as ‘Clean Slate’ program takes effect. Michigan Advance.

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• Uzbekistan parliament passes long-overdue legislation criminalizing domestic violence. Amnesty International.
• Despite the reputation of the broke Millennial, their incomes and homeownership rates are actually akin to those of Boomers and Gen Xers at the same age. The Atlantic.
• Fast EV chargers to nearly double on U.S. highways under expansion plan. The Wall Street Journal.
• New coral reef discovered in Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands. Reuters.
• Promising new AI can detect early signs of lung cancer that doctors can’t see. NBC News.
• Bacteria can be engineered to fight cancer in mice. Human trials are coming. MIT Technology Review.
• Does no-resumé, no-interview hiring work? New data say yes. Reasons to be Cheerful.

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• Between 1999 and 2020, the rate of deaths from heart attacks fell from 87 per 100,000 people to 38 per 100,000 people, and racial disparities narrowed by nearly half. American College of Cardiology.
• WHO certifies Azerbaijan and Tajikistan as malaria-free. WHO.
• Scotland’s minimum pricing linked to 13% drop in alcohol-related deaths, study finds. The Guardian.
• Harvard geneticists create an organism that is immune to all viruses. Freethink.
• The employment gap between white and black workers is the smallest it’s ever been. Axios.
• The chances that a newborn survives childhood have increased from 50% to 96% globally. Our World in Data.
• Gen Zers drink about 20 percent less alcohol per capita than millennials did at their age and the share of college-age adults abstaining from alcohol has grown from 20 to 28 percent over the last two decades. The Hill.

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• Deaths from tuberculosis in Africa fell by 26% between 2015 and 2021, saving an estimated half a million lives. WHO.
• Nigeria has made substantial progress in its fight against AIDS, with annual deaths declining from 264,463 in 2015 to 51,000 in 2022. Punch.
• Deaths from terrorism have fallen by over a third since their peak in 2015. Vision of Humanity (PDF link).
• Mother, child mortality rates decline in Laos. The Laotian Times.
• Oregon has approved $200 million for the state’s homeless. Oregon Capital Chronicle.
• World’s first mRNA vaccine against deadly plague bacteria is 100% effective in mice. Interesting Engineering.
• Suicide rates have fallen worldwide since 2000. Our World in Data.
• Global renewables capacity grew by 10% last year. Reuters.

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