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Good News Break @goodnewsbreak.bsky.social · 21d

Good News In Conservation:
Black rhinos continue to rise! In August 2025, the latest population estimates for all five species were published, showing a welcome increase for black rhinos in Africa.

www.savetherhino.org/africa/world...

World Rhino Day 2025 | Latest Progress | Save the Rhino

For World Rhino Day 2025, we're looking back to look ahead. The future of rhinos depends on us, and we will make a difference.

www.savetherhino.org

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Good News Break @goodnewsbreak.bsky.social · 21d

In Health Advancements:
Huntington's Disease has been successfully treated for the first time! (BBC)

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Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time

One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.

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Good News Break @goodnewsbreak.bsky.social · Mar 1

In Disease Prevention:

CDC report finds HPV vaccine is preventing U.S. women from getting cervical cancer, adding to evidence

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CDC report finds HPV vaccine is preventing U.S. women from getting cervical cancer, adding to evidence

From 2008 to 2022, rates for precancerous lesions decreased about 80 percent among 20- to 24-year-old women who were screened for cervical cancer.

www.pbs.org

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Good News Break @goodnewsbreak.bsky.social · Feb 21

Turns out, it's just a scheduling issue. 😉

Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · Feb 21

Why are so few blue whale calves ever sighted? I delved into this mystery and I think I have an answer!

Paper here: www.int-res.com/abstracts/es...
Popular article: fish.uw.edu/2025/02/unra...

Unravelling the mystery of the missing blue whale calves

Only two blue whale births have ever been recorded in human history, an extraordinary mystery given they give birth every two to three years. Calves are also only rarely sighted—far less than would be...

fish.uw.edu

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Good News Break @goodnewsbreak.bsky.social · Feb 21

9 countries said goodbye to a devastating disease in 2024:

Cape Verde and Egypt became malaria-free. Brazil and Timor Leste eliminated lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis). Jordan became the first country to ever be certified as leprosy-free, & more...

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9 countries said goodbye to a devastating disease in 2024

Nine countries eliminated a disease in 2024. Here's how Pakistan pulled it off — fulfilling a young boy's dream of eliminating blindness caused by bacterial infections.

www.npr.org

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Good News Break @goodnewsbreak.bsky.social · Feb 21

Blast from the Past: Smallpox Eradicated

May 8th, 1980

The declaration marked the end of a disease that had plagued humanity for at least 3,000 years, killing 300 million people in the 20th century alone.

www.who.int/news/item/08...

Commemorating Smallpox Eradication – a legacy of hope, for COVID-19 and other diseases

On 8 May 1980, the 33rd World Health Assembly officially declared: ‘The world and all its peoples have won freedom from smallpox.’ The declaration marked the end of a disease that had plagued humanity...

www.who.int

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Good News Break @goodnewsbreak.bsky.social · Feb 19

In Energy Production:

Solar power surpassed coal as a source of electricity in the European Union (EU) for the first time in 2024, according to a report released on Thursday by climate think tank Ember.

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Solar power surpasses coal as EU energy source – DW – 01/23/2025

Europe's transition to renewable energy comes at a time when US President Donald Trump, upon inauguration, pulled out of the Paris Agreement aiming to pursue a "drill, baby, drill" energy policy.

www.dw.com

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Good News Break @goodnewsbreak.bsky.social · Feb 19

Protecting rare cold-water corals:

(2024) Fisheries and Oceans Canada closes the first and only known live coral reef in Pacific Canada to all commercial and recreational bottom-contact fisheries.

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Fisheries and Oceans Canada closes the first and only known live coral reef in Pacific Canada to all commercial and recreational bottom-contact fisheries - Canada.ca

Vancouver, B.C. — Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), is taking measures to protect the unique and highly sensitive Lophelia Reef—also known by its Wakashan name q̓áuc̓íwísuxv—by closing all commercial...

www.canada.ca

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Good News Break @goodnewsbreak.bsky.social · Feb 18

In Conservation (2024):
Mexican Wolf Population Grows for Eighth Consecutive Year

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Mexican Wolf Population Grows for Eighth Consecutive Year | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

The wild population of Mexican wolves saw another year of growth in 2023, according to the results of the annual survey. The 2023 population census revealed a minimum of 257 Mexican wolves distributed...

www.fws.gov

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Good News Break @goodnewsbreak.bsky.social · Feb 18

Accomplishments and Successes of Reducing Air Pollution from Transportation in the United States

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Accomplishments and Successes of Reducing Air Pollution from Transportation in the United States | US EPA

For a history of how air pollution from transportation in the US has been reduced.

www.epa.gov

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Good News Break @goodnewsbreak.bsky.social · Feb 13

Lifesaving Medicine:

WHO, St. Jude launch groundbreaking international delivery of childhood cancer medicines

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WHO, St. Jude launch groundbreaking international delivery of childhood cancer medicines

WHO and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have commenced distribution of critically needed childhood cancer medicines in 3 of 6 pilot countries, through the Global Platform for Access to Childhood...

www.who.int

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Good News Break @goodnewsbreak.bsky.social · Feb 13

What's been done can be done again.

IFAW: Because of you, 2024 was a life-changing year for animals.

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Because of you, 2024 was a life-changing year for animals

YouTube video by ifaw

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Good News Break @goodnewsbreak.bsky.social · Feb 6

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Good News Break @goodnewsbreak.bsky.social · Feb 6

Feel like doing some good for someone today? Like saving their life?

Consider donating live-giving blood, plasma or platelets.

Or join the bone marrow donation registry (www.nmdp.org/get-involved...).

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Blood donors report feeling a sense of great satisfaction after making their blood donation. Why? Because helping others in need just feels good. Donate blood today to help those in need.

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Good News Break @goodnewsbreak.bsky.social · Feb 6

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Good News Break @goodnewsbreak.bsky.social · Feb 6

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Good News Break @goodnewsbreak.bsky.social · Feb 6

What a great name for a bakery! 😆

Good News Break @goodnewsbreak.bsky.social · Feb 6

When times get hard and you grow tired, lean on each other. You're probably surrounded by others who are feeling just like you. Let them know you're there, that you hear them, and they're not alone either.

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Good News Break @goodnewsbreak.bsky.social · Feb 6

Oh, it's everywhere. We just need to look closely. 🙂

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Good News Break @goodnewsbreak.bsky.social · Feb 5

NOAA Satellites Helped Save 350 Lives in 2023 ⚓️

"NOAA’s partnerships with the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Air Force, NASA and others around the world are the foundation of SARSAT’s long success.”

www.noaa.gov/news-release...

NOAA satellites helped save 350 lives in 2023

NOAA’s satellites, known for their pivotal role in tracking weather and climate, were behind the rescue of 350 people from harrowing, life-threatening ordeals in the U.S. and its surrounding waters in...

www.noaa.gov

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Good News Break @goodnewsbreak.bsky.social · Feb 5

Look for the helpers.

When Vera and her daughter Tamarah saw the wildfires in Pasadena, they didn't hesitate to lend a hand.

“It doesn’t matter if you know the person or not. If there is a fire in Southern California, people come with trucks and trailers,”...

www.cnn.com/2025/01/23/u...

‘These animals are essentially family:’ Horses, sheep and ducks not forgotten in California wildfires amid rescue efforts | CNN

People in Southern California are risking their own safety to rescue animals, both big and small, from the wildfires that have killed 27 people and displaced even more after thousands of structures we...

www.cnn.com

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Good News Break @goodnewsbreak.bsky.social · Feb 5

The Iberian Lynx, one of world’s rarest cats, is no longer endangered in Spain and Portugal.

"The increase is largely thanks to conservation efforts that have focused on increasing the abundance of its main food source - the also endangered wild rabbit..."

www.bbc.com/news/article...

One of world’s rarest cats no longer endangered - conservation agency

The Iberian lynx is now classed as "vulnerable" as numbers surge due to conservation efforts.

www.bbc.com

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Good News Break @goodnewsbreak.bsky.social · Jan 29

Climate News: Juan Guillermo Garcés, once a rancher clearing forests with fire, turned a near-death experience into a lifelong mission to restore Colombia’s jungles, creating a 3,000-hectare nature reserve that now teems with rare species. (www.dailyclimate.org)

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘I felt death in the flames’: how lighting a forest fire inspired one man to transform barren ranches into rainforest

Juan Guillermo Garcés had a brush with death while burning jungle for cattle pasture – now he runs a nature reserve in Colombia where more than 100 new species have been discovered

www.theguardian.com

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Good News Break @goodnewsbreak.bsky.social · Jan 29

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