Egypt declared malaria-free after 100-year effort

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536 points thunderbong | 2 comments | 21 Oct 24 12:51 UTC | HN request time: 0.447s | source

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D-Coder ◴[21 Oct 24 16:16 UTC] No.41905688[source]▶

>>41903616 (OP) #

Good news items like this in the medical, social, environmental areas is available via a weekly free email from https://fixthenews.com/. (A premium version is also available.)

_Some_ of the items from last week (each has a paragraph of details):

* India is finally becoming a clean energy superpower

* United States designates a massive new marine sanctuary

* India officially eliminates trachoma as a public health problem

* Global electric vehicle sales soared in September

* Global teen pregnancy rates have dropped by one-third since 2000

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1. SoftTalker ◴[21 Oct 24 17:12 UTC] No.41906171[source]▶

>>41905688 #

Another one that was pointed out on HN last week: https://www.newsminimalist.com/

Not strictly "good news" but tries to be significant news without clickbait.

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2. yakhinvadim ◴[21 Oct 24 20:54 UTC] No.41908428[source]▶

>>41906171 (TP) #

Thanks for the callout! (I'm the founder)

I already have the "positivity" scores for each article, so I'll add a separate "positive and significant news" page in the coming weeks.

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