In a similar vein to the "what's your favourite" thread, in the spirit of combating the internet's negativity nowadays, this thread is for sharing positive news from your life, or from around the world.

Here are some you probably didn't see in the news from recently:

- The Western Pacific has been verified free of Measles and Rubella

https://www.who.int/westernpacific/news/item/26-09-2025-rubella-elimination-verified-in-japan--and-measles-and-rubella-elimination-verified-in-pacific-island-countries-and-areas?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

- For the first time, renewables have generated more energy than coal globally

https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/global-electricity-mid-year-insights-2025/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

- Huntingdon's Disease successfully treated for the first time via new gene therapy

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/always-fatal-huntingtons-disease-is-successfully-treated-for-first-time/

- Researchers at Shenyang University create biodegradable plastic that's stronger and easy to recycle

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/biodegradable-plastic-made-from-bamboo-is-stronger-and-easy-to-recycle/

- New drug that reactivates nerve pathways shows promise for reversing spinal cord injury:

https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/scienceandhealth/2025/09/groundbreaking-brazilian-drug-considered-capable-of-reversing-spinal-cord-injury-presented-in-sao-paulo.shtml?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Yeah, solar power has been awe-inducing. If only the means to store it during the night were available everywhere, it could supply 100% of all of our electricity needs in less than fifteen years (and that's just keeping current manufacturing capacity with zero compound growth).

Thank you so much, curl. I needed this < 3

You're welcome!

Some more that caught my eye since:

- Since 2010, humanity’s overall burden of disease has dropped 12.6%, and deaths from the world’s deadliest infectious illnesses, such as tuberculosis, HIV, malaria and pneumonia, have plunged by between 35% and 60%:
https://tinyurl.com/preview/deprecated/25l3l6r4?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

- Green sea turtles have been saved from the brink of extinction in massive conservation victory:
https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/green-sea-turtle-saved-from-extinction-in-major-conservation-victory/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

- Eastern Australia’s population of humpback whales have bounced back to above pre-whaling numbers:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2025-10-07/humpback-whales-eastern-population-numbers-rebound-estimate/105843256

In light of things seeming gloomy lately, I thought this thread was worth a bump.

Deaths from tuberculosis, the world's deadliest disease, are down 29% since 2015

https://www.who.int/news/item/12-11-2025-global-gains-in-tuberculosis-response-endangered-by-funding-challenges?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Deforestation has declined for the third decade in a row worldwide

https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/10/1166148?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

The survival rate for all cancers in Australia has risen to 71%, up from 49% in the 1980s

https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/cancer/cancer-data-in-australia/contents/summary

Global homicide rates are down 24% since 2000

https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/VC.IHR.PSRC.P5?end=2023&start=2000

New antibiotic discovered that is 100 times more effective at killing resistant superbugs

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/10/251029002855.htm?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

World’s rarest deer, once extinct in the wild, bounces back from just 36 left alive to over 8000

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/miracle-recovery-for-worlds-rarest-and-strangest-deer-just-39-became-8200/

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/

I'd just like to remind that often, no news is good news too. Of course that's not always true, but so much in our lives is still good, even if it's not newsworthy or otherwise particularly notable.

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

In case all the bad news is getting you down, here's some of the good stuff that happened in the world recently:

- India's endangered Tiger population has doubled in the last decade

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/tiger-populations-doubled-in-india-in-just-ten-years/

- Lead pollution in the US is now just 1% of what it was a century ago

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/lead-pollution-has-dropped-100-fold-in-the-u-s-over-the-last-century/

- Ostriches return to the Saudi Desert after 100 years following rewilding efforts

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/milestone-for-rewilding-as-ostriches-return-to-saudi-desert-after-100-year-absence/

- Over 90 fish stocks almost completely replenished in California following Trawler ban

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/over-90-california-fish-stocks-almost-totally-rebuilt-thanks-to-trawling-ban-other-measures/

- Green and Golden Bell Frog returns to the wild in Australia: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/beautiful-australian-frog-returns-to-the-wild-with-the-help-of-frog-spas-and-frog-saunas/

- In world first, baby with rare metabolic disorder successfully treated with CRISPR therapy 

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/successful-world-first-baby-treated-with-personalized-crispr-gene-therapy-for-rare-disease-is-now-thriving/