• The company Equatic has created a technology that extracts hydrogen from seawater while also removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and storing it in the ocean. Heatmap.
• The Saiga antelope was close to extinction in 2003, when the population was down to 21,000. The population has increased to 1.3 million today. Actual News.
• Egypt declared malaria-free after 100-year effort. BBC.
• Viet Nam eliminates trachoma as a public health problem. WHO.
• Queensland’s youth crime rate has halved across the past 14 years. ABC.
• Since 1970, 37 countries have cut the probability of their citizens dying before they reach age 70 in half. Duke Global Health.
• Between 2000-2022, there has been a 75% decline in youth incarceration in the United States. The Sentencing Project.
• Fentanyl deaths in the U.S. have dropped faster than expected. NPR.

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• The Global Fund partnership has saved 65 million lives and cut the combined death rate from AIDS, TB and malaria by 61% since 2002. Friends of the Global Fight.
• Elimination of trachoma as a public health problem in India. WHO.
• Global EV and PHEV sales just reached a new record in September. A whopping 1.7 million electric vehicles were sold around the world, an increase of 30.5% year-over-year. Inside EVs.
• New cervical cancer treatment regime cuts risk of dying from disease by 40%. The Guardian.
• Global teen pregnancy rates have dropped by one-third since 2000. Our World in Data.
• Breast cancer mortality rates overall have dropped by 44% since 1989, saving approximately 517,900 lives. American Cancer Society.
• 2024 sees smallest summer surge in gun violence rates in 6 years. American Progress.
• China’s buoyant airborne turbine reached a record height of 500 meters above ground generating power at a rate of over 50 kW. China Daily.

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• WHO validates the elimination of trachoma as a public health problem in Pakistan. World Health Organization.
• Brazil eliminates lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem. World Health Organization.
• 1.3 million future deaths prevented by Gavi-supported vaccines in 2023. Gavi.
• Northern bald ibis: Back from the brink. CNN.
• Colorado has built more than 40 wildlife underpasses and 3 overpasses, reducing wildlife-involved crashes around 90%. Denver 7.
• World-first therapy using donor cells sends autoimmune diseases into remission. Nature.

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• North Carolina hospital company forgives debts of 11,500 people. NBC News.
• In a world first, a woman’s type 1 diabetes is reversed by her own stem cells. Nature.
• Global poverty rate has returned to pre-pandemic levels. World Bank.
• Sierra Leone almost halves maternal mortality in five years. UNICEF (PDF link).
• Self-driving Waymo vehicles get into injury-causing crashes less than one-third as often, per mile, as human-driven vehicles and a non-Waymo vehicle bore primary responsibility for most if not all of these crashes. Understanding AI.
• India’s one-horned Asian rhino population has almost tripled in the past four decades thanks to conservation and anti-poaching efforts. New Straits Times.
• 14 of the 38 OECD countries have acheived a coal-free power system. Ember.
• Jimmy Carter’s first century. Breaking the News.

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