Good News Friday

  • Australia becomes the 30th country to eliminate trachoma as a public health problem. WHO.
  • In Burkina Faso between 2024 and 2025 malaria cases fell by 32% and malaria‑related deaths by 44% thanks to vaccines. Gavi.
  • The rate of suicides among young people in the United States dropped 11 percent thanks to new 988 hotline. The New York Times.
  • By reducing electricity prices, solar has saved Europe over €3 billion since March. Euronews.
  • CATL claims 6-minute charge and 1,500km range for new electric vehicle batteries. Financial Times.
  • High school student’s low-cost teabag solution for millions threatened by arsenic passes peer review. IFL Science.
  • New research finds pressurized iron-rich brine beneath Taylor Glacier powers Antarctica’s mysterious Blood Falls. The Science Times.

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