• Timor-Leste certified malaria-free. WHO.
• COVID vaccines saved 2.5 million lives globally. Science Daily.
• The first 100% effective HIV prevention drug is approved and going global. New Atlas.
• Murder in the US dropped by 14.9% in 2024. Jeff-alytics.
• Gates Foundation pledges $2.5 billion to women’s health initiatives. STAT News.
• Illinois public schools will offer 3rd through 12th-grade students a free, optional mental health screening once a year. Chicago Tribune.
• Solar power now is 41% cheaper and wind power is 53% cheaper globally than the lowest-cost fossil fuel. AP.
• Scientists just found a coral species they thought had gone extinct 24 years ago. Smithsonian Magazine.
• In 2014, over 140 million animals around the world were farmed and killed for their fur. By 2024, that number plummeted to just 20.5 million. Vox.
• ‘Big-butt starfish,’ ‘little sweet potato’ and dozens of never-before-seen species recorded during deep-sea expedition off Argentina. Live Science.
• How Android phones became an earthquake warning system. Ars Technica.
• Australian researchers used AI to design a new protein that kills drug-resistant E. coli. Science News Today.

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