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👏Preschool enrollment soars in Morocco!
January 15, 2026 at 11:53 PM
👏Preschool enrollment soars in Morocco!
📉🇺🇸The Daily Dose via America's Health Rankings 📉🇺🇸
Between 2022 and 2023, premature deaths decreased 8% in the US.
Between 2022 and 2023, premature deaths decreased 8% in the US.
January 15, 2026 at 6:04 PM
📉🇺🇸The Daily Dose via America's Health Rankings 📉🇺🇸
Between 2022 and 2023, premature deaths decreased 8% in the US.
Between 2022 and 2023, premature deaths decreased 8% in the US.
Credit where credit is due.
January 15, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Credit where credit is due.
👀📉The Daily Dose via @who.int 👀📉
In 2002, there were 1.5 billion people estimated to be at risk for trachoma globally.
By November 2025, that number had dropped by 94% to 97.1 million.
In 2002, there were 1.5 billion people estimated to be at risk for trachoma globally.
By November 2025, that number had dropped by 94% to 97.1 million.
January 14, 2026 at 5:25 PM
👀📉The Daily Dose via @who.int 👀📉
In 2002, there were 1.5 billion people estimated to be at risk for trachoma globally.
By November 2025, that number had dropped by 94% to 97.1 million.
In 2002, there were 1.5 billion people estimated to be at risk for trachoma globally.
By November 2025, that number had dropped by 94% to 97.1 million.
🌏📉The Daily Dose via theWorld Bank 🌏📉
In 2025, poverty is projected to have fallen in 80% of the world.
blogs.worldbank.org/en/opendata/...
In 2025, poverty is projected to have fallen in 80% of the world.
blogs.worldbank.org/en/opendata/...
January 13, 2026 at 6:33 PM
🌏📉The Daily Dose via theWorld Bank 🌏📉
In 2025, poverty is projected to have fallen in 80% of the world.
blogs.worldbank.org/en/opendata/...
In 2025, poverty is projected to have fallen in 80% of the world.
blogs.worldbank.org/en/opendata/...
🇺🇸📉The Daily Dose via @thetrace.org 🇺🇸📉
In 2025, 41 out of 50 US states saw gun deaths (excluding suicides) fall compared with 2024 numbers.
Shooting deaths have declined for four straight years and in 2025 were lower than any year since 2015.
In 2025, 41 out of 50 US states saw gun deaths (excluding suicides) fall compared with 2024 numbers.
Shooting deaths have declined for four straight years and in 2025 were lower than any year since 2015.
January 12, 2026 at 8:10 PM
🇺🇸📉The Daily Dose via @thetrace.org 🇺🇸📉
In 2025, 41 out of 50 US states saw gun deaths (excluding suicides) fall compared with 2024 numbers.
Shooting deaths have declined for four straight years and in 2025 were lower than any year since 2015.
In 2025, 41 out of 50 US states saw gun deaths (excluding suicides) fall compared with 2024 numbers.
Shooting deaths have declined for four straight years and in 2025 were lower than any year since 2015.
🤠3 Things That Went Right This Week🤠
🇧🇷 Brazil has eliminated mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
🌋The interior of Mexico’s Popocatépetl volcano has been mapped in 3D for the first time.
💉A vaccine for Nipah virus has entered Phase 2 trials for the first time.
theprogressnetwork.org/good-news-pi...
🇧🇷 Brazil has eliminated mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
🌋The interior of Mexico’s Popocatépetl volcano has been mapped in 3D for the first time.
💉A vaccine for Nipah virus has entered Phase 2 trials for the first time.
theprogressnetwork.org/good-news-pi...
January 9, 2026 at 5:41 PM
🤠3 Things That Went Right This Week🤠
🇧🇷 Brazil has eliminated mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
🌋The interior of Mexico’s Popocatépetl volcano has been mapped in 3D for the first time.
💉A vaccine for Nipah virus has entered Phase 2 trials for the first time.
theprogressnetwork.org/good-news-pi...
🇧🇷 Brazil has eliminated mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
🌋The interior of Mexico’s Popocatépetl volcano has been mapped in 3D for the first time.
💉A vaccine for Nipah virus has entered Phase 2 trials for the first time.
theprogressnetwork.org/good-news-pi...
🇳🇴🚗The Daily Dose via @electrek.co 🇳🇴🚗
In 2017, Norway set a formal non-binding target to end fossil car sales in the country by 2025.
Last year, 97% of new car sales in Norway were electric.
electrek.co/2026/01/02/n...
In 2017, Norway set a formal non-binding target to end fossil car sales in the country by 2025.
Last year, 97% of new car sales in Norway were electric.
electrek.co/2026/01/02/n...
January 9, 2026 at 5:19 PM
🇳🇴🚗The Daily Dose via @electrek.co 🇳🇴🚗
In 2017, Norway set a formal non-binding target to end fossil car sales in the country by 2025.
Last year, 97% of new car sales in Norway were electric.
electrek.co/2026/01/02/n...
In 2017, Norway set a formal non-binding target to end fossil car sales in the country by 2025.
Last year, 97% of new car sales in Norway were electric.
electrek.co/2026/01/02/n...
🦷That was fast!
January 8, 2026 at 9:52 PM
🦷That was fast!
January 8, 2026 at 9:29 PM
📉🌏The Daily Dose via @ihmeuw.bsky.social 📉🌏
Since 2010, the rate of kids younger than five years old who die from lower respiratory infections has dropped by 33% globally.
Since 2010, the rate of kids younger than five years old who die from lower respiratory infections has dropped by 33% globally.
January 8, 2026 at 4:33 PM
📉🌏The Daily Dose via @ihmeuw.bsky.social 📉🌏
Since 2010, the rate of kids younger than five years old who die from lower respiratory infections has dropped by 33% globally.
Since 2010, the rate of kids younger than five years old who die from lower respiratory infections has dropped by 33% globally.
It's been 10 years since the Paris Agreement was signed.
Has it changed anything?
Let's talk about it.
Has it changed anything?
Let's talk about it.
January 7, 2026 at 11:04 PM
It's been 10 years since the Paris Agreement was signed.
Has it changed anything?
Let's talk about it.
Has it changed anything?
Let's talk about it.
📈💸The Daily Dose via @ourworldindata.org 📈💸
Since 2000, Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia have all doubled their GDP per capita.
Since 2000, Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia have all doubled their GDP per capita.
January 7, 2026 at 3:52 PM
📈💸The Daily Dose via @ourworldindata.org 📈💸
Since 2000, Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia have all doubled their GDP per capita.
Since 2000, Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia have all doubled their GDP per capita.
Finally, some good news about Huntington's disease!
January 6, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Finally, some good news about Huntington's disease!
💰How much of the global GDP is involved?
😮Overall, 92% of global GDP and 89% of global emissions now sit in economies that have decoupled in either relative or absolute terms.
e360.yale.edu/digest/clima...
😮Overall, 92% of global GDP and 89% of global emissions now sit in economies that have decoupled in either relative or absolute terms.
e360.yale.edu/digest/clima...
January 6, 2026 at 4:09 PM
💰How much of the global GDP is involved?
😮Overall, 92% of global GDP and 89% of global emissions now sit in economies that have decoupled in either relative or absolute terms.
e360.yale.edu/digest/clima...
😮Overall, 92% of global GDP and 89% of global emissions now sit in economies that have decoupled in either relative or absolute terms.
e360.yale.edu/digest/clima...
📊🌎The Daily Dose via @yalee360.bsky.social 🌎 📊
As of 2023, 43 countries have completely decoupled their economic growth from burning fossil fuels.
As of 2023, 43 countries have completely decoupled their economic growth from burning fossil fuels.
January 6, 2026 at 4:09 PM
📊🌎The Daily Dose via @yalee360.bsky.social 🌎 📊
As of 2023, 43 countries have completely decoupled their economic growth from burning fossil fuels.
As of 2023, 43 countries have completely decoupled their economic growth from burning fossil fuels.
How do you convince dads to actually take their paternity leave?
January 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM
How do you convince dads to actually take their paternity leave?
"We can genuflect to the steady resilience of the American economy, and we must also acknowledge that for many people these abstract numbers don’t describe their actual lives."
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
January 5, 2026 at 4:44 PM
"We can genuflect to the steady resilience of the American economy, and we must also acknowledge that for many people these abstract numbers don’t describe their actual lives."
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
🦈🌊 The Daily Dose via @insideclimatenews.org 🦈🌊
More than 70 shark and ray species are now protected under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
More than 70 shark and ray species are now protected under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
January 5, 2026 at 4:04 PM
🦈🌊 The Daily Dose via @insideclimatenews.org 🦈🌊
More than 70 shark and ray species are now protected under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
More than 70 shark and ray species are now protected under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
🦌The unlikely comeback of the milu.
December 19, 2025 at 11:59 PM
🦌The unlikely comeback of the milu.
"...we—the artists and institutions—forget that artmaking goes hand in hand with making community," writes Jesus A. Reyes for @zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social.
"It is our responsibility to do more than just set out the welcome mat."
www.zocalopublicsquare.org/making-plays...
"It is our responsibility to do more than just set out the welcome mat."
www.zocalopublicsquare.org/making-plays...
December 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"...we—the artists and institutions—forget that artmaking goes hand in hand with making community," writes Jesus A. Reyes for @zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social.
"It is our responsibility to do more than just set out the welcome mat."
www.zocalopublicsquare.org/making-plays...
"It is our responsibility to do more than just set out the welcome mat."
www.zocalopublicsquare.org/making-plays...
🇧🇷👏The Daily Dose via @who.int 👏🇧🇷
Brazil is the 19th country to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
They are the most populous country in the Americas to achieve this milestone.
Brazil is the 19th country to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
They are the most populous country in the Americas to achieve this milestone.
December 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
🇧🇷👏The Daily Dose via @who.int 👏🇧🇷
Brazil is the 19th country to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
They are the most populous country in the Americas to achieve this milestone.
Brazil is the 19th country to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
They are the most populous country in the Americas to achieve this milestone.
😓📉The Daily Dose via @who.int 😓📉
In 2000, 34% of people globally were facing financial hardship due to health payments.
As of 2022, that number has dropped to 26%.
In 2000, 34% of people globally were facing financial hardship due to health payments.
As of 2022, that number has dropped to 26%.
December 18, 2025 at 3:51 PM
😓📉The Daily Dose via @who.int 😓📉
In 2000, 34% of people globally were facing financial hardship due to health payments.
As of 2022, that number has dropped to 26%.
In 2000, 34% of people globally were facing financial hardship due to health payments.
As of 2022, that number has dropped to 26%.
🇧🇩The vaccine is in phase two trials in Bangladesh, which has sporadic outbreaks of Nipah every year.
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
December 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
🇧🇩The vaccine is in phase two trials in Bangladesh, which has sporadic outbreaks of Nipah every year.
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
🇸🇮📉The Daily Dose via @statnews.com 🇸🇮📉
The probability of a Slovenian woman dying from a chronic disease before turning 80 has declined from 36% in 2001 to 24% in 2019, and the likelihood of a Slovenian man dying from a chronic disease dropped from 60% to 42% over the same period.
The probability of a Slovenian woman dying from a chronic disease before turning 80 has declined from 36% in 2001 to 24% in 2019, and the likelihood of a Slovenian man dying from a chronic disease dropped from 60% to 42% over the same period.
December 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
🇸🇮📉The Daily Dose via @statnews.com 🇸🇮📉
The probability of a Slovenian woman dying from a chronic disease before turning 80 has declined from 36% in 2001 to 24% in 2019, and the likelihood of a Slovenian man dying from a chronic disease dropped from 60% to 42% over the same period.
The probability of a Slovenian woman dying from a chronic disease before turning 80 has declined from 36% in 2001 to 24% in 2019, and the likelihood of a Slovenian man dying from a chronic disease dropped from 60% to 42% over the same period.