• Emergency vaccinations cut outbreak deaths by nearly 60% preventing millions of infections and saving billions of dollars in economic losses. Gavi.
• Senegal joins growing list of countries that have eliminated trachoma. WHO.
• New Orleans recorded fewer murders through June 2025 than any year since 1970. New York City has only recorded fewer murders once through June since 1960. Philadelphia recorded the fewest murders since 1969, Los Angeles since 1966, Baltimore since 1965, Detroit since 1964, and San Francisco had the fewest ever recorded. Jeff-alytics.
• Ozzy Osbourne’s final show was the highest-grossing charity concert of all time, raising more than $190 million for three charities. Billboard.
• Divorce in decline: only about 40% of today’s marriages will end in divorce. Institute for Family Studies.
• Since 2010, there has been a 65% decline in the amount of coal used by the power sector in the United States and there’s been six times more coal power plants retired than constructed this century. Reuters.
• How persistence and dedication brought a rare bat species back from the brink. Conservation Optimism.
• Baltic ringed seal numbers increase five fold since the toxic ’70s. Oceanographic.
• Electric cars are so fast that a Ferrari can’t catch a Kia now. Inside EVs.
• AI helps prevent medical errors in real-world clinics. Time.

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