• Child mortality worldwide has declined from 12.6 million under-5 deaths in 1990 to only 5 million in 2020. WHO.
• How Rwanda could become one of the first countries to wipe out cervical cancer. The Guardian.
• Teenage pregnancies are declining across the world, with only a third of all women bearing children in adolescence compared to 50% sixty years ago. ORF.
• Scientists unveil method to destroy certain ‘forever chemicals’. The Hill.
• California becomes 1st state to offer free meals at school for kids. ABC News.
• Here are some signs that inflation is calming down. Axios.

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• This group’s wiped out $6.7 billion in medical debt, and it’s just getting started. NPR.
• A bipartisan act is quietly about to invest billions in boosting green technology. The Atlantic.
• A bioengineered cornea can restore sight to blind people. MIT Technology Review.
• Lyme disease vaccine in late-stage trials would be first in 20 years. The Washington Post.
• Parts of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef show highest coral cover in 36 years. Reuters.
• Healthy life expectancy in Africa rises by almost ten years. WHO.
• Researchers agree: The world can reach a 100% renewable energy system by or before 2050. Helsinki Times.
• Saiga antelopes have increased 10-fold after mass die-off in 2015. New Scientist.
• This 17-year-old designed a motor that could potentially transform the electric car industry. Smithsonian Magazine.
• Nuclear fusion breakthrough confirmed: California team achieved ignition. Newsweek.
• Hydrogel that outperforms cartilage could be in human knees in 2023. New Atlas.
• New ‘Parp inhibitors’ could prevent certain tumours appearing. The Guardian.
• Karuna’s experimental schizophrenia drug succeeds in advanced study. Boston Globe.
• Scientific discovery may facilitate speedy, objective, and accurate diagnosis of PTSD using saliva. Tel Aviv University.

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• Seven years ago, only 19% of India’s 1.3 billion people had access to the internet. That figure now stands at nearly 60%. BBC.
• Number of uninsured Americans drops to record low. ABC News.
• Three reasons why a radically better future is more likely than we think. The Progress Network.
• Cuba boasts 144 new protected areas in its geography. ACN.
• First 100,000 kg removed from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Ocean Cleaup.
• New AR glasses allow deaf people to ‘see’ conversations by turning audio into subtitles. Euronews.
• Genetic heart conditions could be cured for first time in ‘defining moment’. The Guardian.
• Climate change bill would cut U.S. air pollution deaths by up to 3,900 per year, study finds. Yahoo!
• Fourth patient seemingly cured of HIV. BBC.
• Algorithm that detects sepsis cut deaths by nearly 20 percent. Scientific American.
• Majority of U.S. workers changing jobs are seeing real wage gains. Pew Research Center.
• The poverty rate in Cambodia fell to 17.8% in 2020 from nearly 40% in 2009. Vietnam Plus.

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• Wild tiger numbers up 40 percent since 2015 assessment. EcoWatch.
• Supercharged biotech rice yields 40% more grain. Science.
• Electric vehicles are measurably reducing global oil demand by 1.5 million barrels a day. LEVA-EU.
• Dubai builds world’s largest vertical farm. Thred.
• Delaware will give free solar panels to low-income residents. Canary Media.

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• How progress compounds and why it matters. Farnam Street Blog.
• Once nearly extinct, bison are now climate heroes. The Washington Post.
• All of America will benefit from investment in clean energy and climate solutions. Watson Institute.
• The death toll from extreme weather events in Bangladesh has drastically decreased due to a multi-layered early warning system. BBC.
• House passes bill codifying same-sex marriage with significant GOP support. The Hill.
• Financial services can help people escape poverty. In 2021, 76 percent of adults worldwide had an account at a financial institution, up from 51 percent in 2011. World Bank.
• Energy crisis is hastening end of fossil fuel era, India says. Bloomberg.
• In Alaska, coal is dwindling as green energy is on the rise. High Country News.
• After the failure of the state’s power grid in February 2021, solar power is bailing Texas out this summer. Texas Monthly.
• How Germany’s new immigration law gives refugees hope. DW.
• Mother to child HIV transmission in Botswana has fallen from 40% in 1999 to 1% in 2021. Guardian.
• After 45 years of public health efforts, Niger is on the verge of becoming the first country in Africa to end onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness. Gates Foundation.
• Between 2000 and 2021, Indonesia reduced the share of people living below the national poverty line from 20% to 10% – lifting around 25 million out of poverty. Noahpinion.
• Transformational therapy cures haemophilia B. BBC.

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• Judge restores a range of protections to endangered species. AP.
• ‘Extinct’ parrots make a flying comeback in Brazil. The Guardian.
• UK energy bills to drop next year thanks to record-breaking investment in renewables. Euronews.
• Why natural disasters are killing fewer people. Vox.
• Medical debt is being wiped off credit reports. The Wall Street Journal.
• Universal flu vaccine enters phase 1 trials. Freethink.
• By most measures, people around the world are better off than ever. So why doesn’t it feel that way to Americans? The New York Times.

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