The Good News thread

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Been going through a really rough time, so I put together another round of positive news; it helps cheer me up, so I thought others could use it too.

- 95 million children have been lifted out of poverty this century so far:

https://tinyurl.com/preview/deprecated/2ycjvk4c?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

- Annual Measles deaths have fallen by 88% since 2000; that's 58 million lives saved over that period:

https://www.who.int/news/item/28-11-2025-measles-deaths-down-88--since-2000--but-cases-surge?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

- First lab-grown cornea transplant restores sight, a "game-changer" for millions who are blind:

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/first-human-cornea-transplant-using-3d-printed-lab-grown-tissue-restores-sight-in-a-game-changer-for-millions-who-are-blind/

- After going extinct in the wild decades ago, the Scimitar-horned Oryx is now thriving after decades of breeding in captivity and a successful reintroduction:

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/extinct-graceful-oryx-thriving-in-the-saharan-wilds-thanks-to-decades-of-captive-breeding/

- Poverty in Latin America fell to its lowest level on record last year:

https://colombiaone.com/2025/11/27/cepal-latin-america-poverty/

- For the first time, a rare genetic disease, Hunter syndrome, has been treated with gene therapy:

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/boy-with-rare-genetic-disorder-amazes-doctors-after-world-first-gene-therapy/