Here are this week’s uplifting headlines.
1-5 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
1. Child hunger rates slashed 24% after just one round of Child Tax Credit payments. – Source
2. Indian scientist finds a way to detect colon cancer early and save lives. – Source
3. For the first time, the average pay for supermarket and restaurant workers tops $15 an hour – $15 an hour is suddenly the rule, not the exception, for U.S. workers. It’s a major shift from pre-pandemic norms. – Source
4. Indian Govt bans the manufacture, sale, and use of identified single-use plastic items from July 1, 2022. – Source
5. Julie Bowen of ‘Modern Family’ helped rescue a hiker who fainted in a Utah national park. – Source
6-10 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
6. Moderna to begin human trials of HIV mRNA vaccines by the end of the year. – Source
7. John Waters Named to Board of Baltimore Museum of Art: Waters bequeathed 375 artworks and objects from his collection with the stipulation that the museum names its east lobby bathrooms after him. – Source
8. Selma Blair is supporting her costar, Christina Applegate after the actress revealed she has multiple sclerosis. – Source
9. Sri Lankan teenager builds solar-powered tuk-tuk from scraps. A 15-year-old from Sri Lanka has spent his Covid lockdown building a solar-powered tuk-tuk. The best part is that Suntharalingam Piranawan used scraps for his homemade vehicle – and it works. – Source
10. After very tough recent weeks, Tunisia sets a record vaccinating 4% of its population in 1 day with 551,000 people vaccinated. – Source
11-15 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
11. Africa became the first continent in the world to complete its digital land-use data. There are more trees in Africa than initially thought, with the latest study showing there are about 7 billion trees on the continent. – Source
12. 2-year-old Benjamin Olson and Mary O’Neill, who is just shy of 100 years old, formed a special bond during the pandemic through the fence that separates their yards. – Source
13. Washington state county is the first in the US to ban new fossil fuel infrastructure. – Source
14. South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone buy Casa Bonita restaurant. – Source
15. Native American population jumps to the largest size in modern history, census shows. – Source
