Here are this week’s uplifting headlines.
1-5 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
1. LGBT workers are protected from workplace discrimination, Texas judge says in ‘earth-shattering’ new ruling. – Source
2. Police identify missing husky by seeing if it will sing along to its favorite tune. – Source
3. Fisherman performs C-section on dead shark and releases 98 pups into wild. “It was a very overwhelming feeling when they started popping out.” – Source
4. A toddler who beat cancer twice heads home after an 8-month hospital stay. – Source
5. Logan Boulet of the Humboldt Broncos helped save six lives through donated organs this weekend and inspired thousands of Canadians to become organ donors. Organ donor registration this weekend 6x higher than normal in British Columbia, 3x in Ontario, 2x in Alberta. – Source
6-10 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
6. Florida judge rules Tampa cancer patient can grow his own marijuana. – Source
7. Milwaukee Fire Department implemented a mobile healthcare unit to assist their chronic callers. 911 calls from those 100 people dropped by 62% in two years. – Source
8. Chinese universities add HIV test kits to vending machines to tackle virus’ rise in taboo sex culture: Along with chips, instant noodles, and soft drinks, students in a growing number of Chinese universities now have the option of also grabbing an HIV test kit to go from their campus vending machine. – Source
9. Rejected by his mother, Nugget McFluffyhead has been bottle-fed, babied and schlepped around town by his Maine owners. – Source
10. 111-year-old Texan, the oldest living U.S. veteran, takes his first trip on a private jet. – Source
11-15 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
11. Teen replants hundreds of mangroves that were destroyed by Hurricane Irma. – Source
12. Backed by Norway, Colombia is adding 8 million hectares to its protected areas to stem forest loss in the Amazon. – Source
13. Alzheimer’s disease damage completely erased in human cells by changing the structure of one protein. – Source
14. New effort aimed at protecting Hawaii’s reefs. The target audience: visitors flying to Hawaii, two ingredients in common sunscreens, oxybenzone, and octinoxate, have damaging effects on reefs. Hawaiian Airlines will be offering passengers free samples of sunscreen without those ingredients. – Source
15. A Dutch ‘boy genius’ said he could get the ocean to clean itself. Turns out, he’s right. – Source
