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💊 Overdoses from opioids decreasing in the US. 🎗️ Skin cancer decreases among younger people. 🚗 Waymo self-driving vehicles are significantly safer than human drivers. 🍛 Indian households' food expenses have decreased significantly.
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💡 Fact-based optimistic news from September
💊 Overdoses from opioids are finally beginning to decrease in the US. 📉 Large decrease in domestic violence. 👩🚀 First private spacewalk conducted. 🔋 Solar energy and battery storage set to double in the US this year. 🦾 AI avatars protect journalists in Venezuela.
💡 Fact-based optimistic news of the week
💊 Overdoses from opioids are finally beginning to decrease in the US
The number of deaths from overdoses in the USA has decreased since fall 2023. This applies to both overdoses in general and overdoses related to opioids, including fentanyl.
💉 New method can reduce diabetes medication dosing to once a month
French researchers have developed a system that can reduce the dosing of diabetes medication to once a month. The drug is particularly effective in managing type 2 diabetes and is available in both injectable and oral forms.
🎗️ Skin cancer decrease among younger people in Sweden, the first country in Europe
The risk of malignant melanoma is decreasing for people under 50 in Sweden since 2015. Improved awareness of sun protection and reduced access to tanning beds contribute to the decrease. Mortality from skin cancer has also decreased for age groups up to 59 years.
🚰 Energy consumption for desalinating water has decreased by 85 percent
Energy consumption for desalination has decreased from 20 kWh per cubic meter in the 1970s to 2.5-3.5 kWh today. Producing enough drinking water for one person - about 3 liters per day - through desalination would cost only $2.30 for an entire year.
🚗 Waymo self-driving vehicles are significantly safer than human drivers
Waymo's self-driving cars have been involved in fewer than one accident with injuries per million miles driven. They estimate that their vehicles have 70 percent fewer accidents with injuries than human drivers.
🍛 Indian households' food expenses have decreased significantly
Indian households' food expenses have fallen to less than half of total expenditures for the first time since 1947. The proportion of households' total expenses going to food has decreased considerably across the country.
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