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Good News This Week: August 23, 2025 - Wind Phones, Ramps, & AI Glasses

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Med student launches 'little free podiatry practice' to help homeless get back on their feet — literally

In addition to wound care and vitals, she provides patients with new shoes and other hygiene items.

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Good News This Week: August 16, 2025 - Shoes, Cheese, & Wheelchairs

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In the event a disaster strikes your community, here's how you can protect your health

Your guide to the biggest health consequences of extreme weather — from mosquito-and tick-borne illnesses to mental health issues — and how to best prepare for them.

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Another national park is rolling out all-terrain wheelchairs, so everyone can take a hike

This makes the park one of 28 national park sites to offer free mobility devices to visitors.

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This man has donated a total of 100 gallons of platelets to the Red Cross every two weeks for 30 years: 'Because I can'

The 62-year-old Portland, Oregon bus driver has been visiting the Red Cross every two weeks for most of his life.

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Good News This Week: August 9, 2025 - Books, Butterflies, & Water

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A person's forearm is covered in a 3D-printed turquoise cast

This student's life-changing injury made him realize how 'outdated' traditional casts are. So he 3D-printed a better one

The design student invented Morphapaedics after the restrictive and isolating experience of his own painful injury.

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Colorful affordable housing complex looks like it came straight from a Wes Anderson movie

Volante, a new social housing scheme in the Netherlands, flips the script on affordable homes.

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Good News This Week: August 2, 2025 - Gardens, Wolves, & Corals

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MrBeast, Mark Rober launch $40 million #TeamWater fundraiser: 'The biggest water campaign to ever exist in history'

MrBeast and Mark Rober have once again joined forces with other creators to make a major difference.

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These dentists give hundreds of homeless patients free care every year. Now with more funding, they’ll help even more

The dental clinic at Father Joe’s Villages will be able to offer 30% more visits thanks to a generous new grant.

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People, organizations, and governments improving people's health

Good News This Week: August 23, 2025 - Wind Phones, Ramps, & AI Glasses

Med student launches 'little free podiatry practice' to help homeless get back on their feet — literally

Good News This Week: August 16, 2025 - Shoes, Cheese, & Wheelchairs

In the event a disaster strikes your community, here's how you can protect your health

Another national park is rolling out all-terrain wheelchairs, so everyone can take a hike

This man has donated a total of 100 gallons of platelets to the Red Cross every two weeks for 30 years: 'Because I can'

Good News This Week: August 9, 2025 - Books, Butterflies, & Water

This student's life-changing injury made him realize how 'outdated' traditional casts are. So he 3D-printed a better one

Colorful affordable housing complex looks like it came straight from a Wes Anderson movie

Good News This Week: August 2, 2025 - Gardens, Wolves, & Corals

MrBeast, Mark Rober launch $40 million #TeamWater fundraiser: 'The biggest water campaign to ever exist in history'

These dentists give hundreds of homeless patients free care every year. Now with more funding, they’ll help even more

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