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13 Positive Headlines To Make Us Forget About The Latest News Cycle

By:: Andrea Meno

February 18, 2022

13 Positive Headlines To Make Us Forget About The Latest News Cycle

From Ukraine to climate change, major headlines right now are not exactly a balm for the soul. So here's a little bit of stuff that kind of is.

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Turns out, we might soon be able to cure leukemia fully. A new kind of immunotherapy, chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy, enabled two patients to be cancer-free almost 10 years after they'd gotten it. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Turns out, many babies of women who got the mRNA vaccine have antibodies. Apparently, after being tested for antibodies at the age of 6 months, 57% of the babies still had them (in detectable quantities). CRACKED.COM — Source

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A painting stolen by Nazis was finally returned to its owners, after 80 years. Or rather, to the original owners' descendants - it was given back by Brussels' Royal Museums of Fine Arts, where it was kept since 1951. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Turns out, nuclear fusion might be pulled off in the reasonably near future. The JET laboratory in the UK produced 59 megajoules of energy in a five-second span in recent experiments - over twice what similar experiments generated back in 1997. CRACKED.COM — Source

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90% of the entire Indian population got one dose of the COVID vaccine. Vaccine VIRUS And, according to the latest statistics, India's recovery rate is 98.38%. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The program to eradicate the harmful Guinea worm was a massive success. 14 people got infected by the worm last year - and, for comparison, about 3.5 million were infected per year in 1986. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Gray wolves are now much safer throughout a great deal of US territory. In the final days of the Trump admin, their protections got removed - but a federal judge just put them back. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The bald eagle is officially no longer an endangered species in Vermont. In other words, it's been taken off the state's endangered species list, thanks to more than a decade of restoration work. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Italy is now ditching social media en masse - almost as an entire country. The numbers are pretty big: 22% of all Italians say that, in the last year, they've stopped using social media. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Erin Jackson is the first Black woman to get speedskating gold. GON COOM N This is actually the first speedskating medal of any kind, not just gold, at the Winter Olympics. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Turns out, Dolly Parton is even more generous and kind than we knew. Her Dollywood Parks & Resorts is now going to cover all costs for tuition, fees, and books for all its employees. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The White House has a new $5 billion plan to install electric car chargers. And not just anywhere - the plan is going to cover US highways with electric chargers, meaning it's a pretty significant investment in infrastructure. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Belgium just approved a four-hour work-week, and gave workers extra rights. Workers can now legally ignore their bosses after work hours there. Maybe Douglas Adams was wrong and Belgium really isn't so bad after all. CRACKED.COM — Source

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