Good News Notes: “Divers in the Baltic have discovered the well-preserved wreck of a 17th-century Dutch merchant ship. The Finnish Badewanne diving team was searching for first and second world war wrecks at the mouth of the Gulf of Finland when they made the discovery. ‘It was to our great surprise when descending on a…
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Pau Gasol Names Newborn After Kobe’s Daughter, Gianna
Good News Notes: “Kobe Bryant‘s former teammate, Pau Gasol, just paid perhaps the greatest tribute to him and his late daughter, Gianna Bryant, by bestowing her name onto his own flesh and blood. The former Laker announced the birth of his and his wife’s first child — a girl that they’ve named after Gigi. He also made…
Exercise as therapy: its surprising potential to treat people with multiple chronic conditions
Good News Notes: “Hundreds of millions of people of all ages worldwide live with two or more chronic conditions – commonly defined as multimorbidity. Those living with it are found to have poorer physical and mental health, higher risk of being admitted to hospital, and higher risk of dying prematurely compared to people with only one chronic condition. Given…
More EVs by 2050 could save thousands of lives, American Lung Association finds
Good News Notes: “America has a pollution problem, especially when it comes to how we get around. From our semi-trucks to trains to school buses to personal cars, we’re emitting too much carbon dioxide. And it’s costing us our health, environment, money, and lives. The American Lung Association released its “‘Road to Clean Air‘ report…
‘It Moves With My Body’: Black Veteran Creates FDA-Approved Invention to Help Relieve Back Pain
Good News Notes: “An Atlanta-based veteran has invented a special support belt to help relieve some of the pain afflicting those with acute or chronic back pain. Glenn Gordon developed the We Gotcha Back support belt five years ago. The FDA-approved product works to improve back, lumbar and total body pain, and can also improve…
Volunteers stepping up to adopt animals rescued from neglect
Good News Notes: “More than one-third of the 54 cats and dogs brought to the Animal Protective League in Springfield because of two incidents of animal neglect have been either adopted on pre-adopted. Another one-third or so could be finding their way out of the shelter between Monday and Tuesday, said Ian Wick, APL’s adoption…
NBA player teams up with local organization to donate laptops for students
Good News Notes: “An NBA player from Central Florida teamed up with a local nonprofit to give back to the community. Portland Trailblazer player Anfernee Simons, used his nonprofit ‘Be a Light’ to donate 20 new laptops to the One Heart for Women and Children in Orlando. Simons was born in Altamonte Springs and played…
Starbucks Rolls Out Strawless Lid In A Bid To Phase Out Plastic
Good News Notes: “Coffee giant Starbucks Corp. has rolled out strawless lids for all iced beverages at its stores across the U.S. and Canada as part of its efforts to phase out plastic straws globally to reduce its environmental footprint. It has been testing the new lightweight and recyclable strawless lids in these markets over…
Check Out This 16-Foot Catamaran Concept for the Newest Ocean Plastic-Cleaning Vessel
Good News Notes: “With so many of us surfing, going to the beach, and swimming in the ocean, we often ask what is being done in an effort to take care of it — specifically, what are we going to do about the huge amounts of plastic polluting it all? In 2016, the United Nations published a…
A puppy with a cleft lip is adopted by a boy with a cleft lip: ‘They instantly loved each other’
Good News Notes: “A rescued puppy with a cleft lip had been at an animal shelter in Jackson, Mich., for almost a week, and staff worried that the dog wouldn’t be adopted. Then a man walked into the shelter who has a 2-year-old son with a cleft lip. Brandon Boyers wasn’t planning on adopting a…