Time for another monthly good news roundup, in case like me you need a boost:

Deaths from enteric disease have halved since 2000, saving millions of lives: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(26)00194-5/fulltext

Pill that doubles median survival time for pancreatic cancer gets FDA approval: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/26/...e_code=1.-VA.BKl0.dffxKnVHoz-R&smid=url-share

A foal born in Kazakhstan last month is the first wild Przewalski’s horse born there in two centuries: https://www.fauna-flora.org/news/ce...rst-wild-born-przewalskis-horse-in-200-years/

Teen discovers that coconut fungi can filter plastic and chemicals from the sea: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/tee...gi-can-filter-plastic-and-sunscreen-from-sea/

Uganda has been declared Ebola free: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/who-declares-uganda-ebola-free-after-42-days-without-new-cases/

Woman regains sight after world's first central retina transplant: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/wor...lowed-woman-blind-from-car-crash-to-see-anew/

Antiviral gum cuts risk of common head and neck cancers to almost zero in new study: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/chewing-gum-cuts-risk-of-certain-head-neck-cancers-to-near-zero/

This month's good news roundup, for those who need a boost:

- Trachoma, the world's leading infectious cause of blindness, has now been eliminated from all of Southeast Asia: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/following-timor-lestes-triumph-all-of-southeast-asia-has-eliminated-trachoma/

- Australia announces 3 new national parks to protect gliders, owls, and other wildlife: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/australia-announces-3-new-national-parks-to-protect-gliders-owls-and-other-victoria-wildlife/

- A new cat species has been identified for the first time in 100 years: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/new-cat-species-identified-for-the-first-time-in-over-100-years-meet-the-tilcayo/

- In South Korea, 95% of food waste is now recycled: https://www.eco-business.com/news/south-koreas-food-waste-rethink-began-with-citizens-demanding-change/

- Deforestation in the Amazon halved from 2022 to 2025, saving 20,000 square kilometres of rainforest: https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-lula-presidency-saved-at-least-20000km2-of-brazilian-amazon-since-2022

- Kosovo declared free of landmines: https://www.radioara.org/episodes/kosovo-declared-landmine-free-27-years-after-war/

- Malaria deaths in Ghana have fallen by 98% since 2011: https://gna.org.gh/2026/04/malaria-deaths-drop-sharply-infections-remain-high-ghs/

- About 2 million square kilometres of ocean have become protected in the last two years; 10% of the entire ocean is now protected: https://www.unep-wcmc.org/en/news/world-reaches-milestone-for-nature-10-of-ocean-now-officially-protected

Simple ‘Soil Steaming’ Found as Effective Replacement for Chemicals in Organic Strawberry Farming

This school bus driver is a hero.