• California, Nevada among U.S. states moving to ban slavery in prisons. Context.
• Murder is likely falling at the fastest pace ever recorded in 2024. Jeff-alytics.
• Shootings in Philadelphia are down by nearly 40 percent. The Trace.
• Guinea has eliminated maternal and neonatal tetanus. Unicef.
• Over the past three decades, routine immunizations have prevented 1.1 million deaths and saved the United States $540 billion. The New York Times.
• In 1980, Ethiopia had the highest death rate from tuberculosis in the world. Since then, the country has achieved a sixfold reduction in the death rate. Our World in Data.
• A computer algorithm has achieved a 98% accuracy in predicting different diseases by analyzing the color of the human tongue. University of South Australia.

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