The Good News thread

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In case you needed a lift, here's some more good news you may have missed:

- The number of people exposed to Trachoma, the world's leading infectious cause of blindness, has fallen below 100 million for the first time, down from 1.5 Billion in 2002; a more than 90% decline:

https://www.who.int/news/item/06-01-2026-global-population-requiring-interventions-against-trachoma-falls-below-100-million-for-the-first-time

- Zero rhinos poached in India's stronghold of Assam for the second year on record:

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/zero-rhinos-poached-in-indias-stronghold-for-the-second-year-on-record/

- France bans harmful Forever Chemicals in cosmetics, fashion, more:

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/france-bans-forever-chemicals-in-cosmetics-fashion-and-ski-wax/

- World first arm exoskeleton gives stroke patients independence:

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/it-feels-like-me-again-the-worlds-first-entire-arm-exoskeleton-gives-stroke-patients-independence/

- The Galapagos Rail, not seen in 200 years, reappears on Floreana Island following habitat restoration:

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/missing-for-200-years-the-galapagos-rail-reappears-following-floreana-island-restoration/

- Flat-headed Cats, thought extinct, seen in Thailand for the first time in 30 years:

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/flat-headed-cats-seen-in-thailand-for-the-first-time-in-30-years-having-been-though-extinct/

- Salmon return to three English rivers:

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/young-atlantic-salmon-seen-in-three-english-rivers-for-first-time-in-a-decade/

- Accounting for population growth and ageing, global cancer deaths have fallen by 20% since 1980, five year survival rate rises to 70%:

https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/global-deaths-from-cancer-have-increased-but-the-world-has-made-progress-against-it

Last edited by curl-6 - on 24 January 2026