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Chesapeake Bay’s Grasses are Renewing
Grasses in the Chesapeake Bay are rebounding, covering double the acreage they did in 1984. In 2005, grasses, a key component of the bay's...
Michigan’s Rouge River Back from Brink
Michigan's Rouge River has been returned to health thanks to the Clean Water Act, $1 billion and measures to filter runoff from surrounding factories,...
Ride Your Bike to Work Week: More People Peddling to Jobs
2005 was one of the top years for bike sales in the U.S. with 20 million bikes sold. 2006 promises to be a record...
One in a Million Chestnut Tree Discovered
In an amazing discovery in Georgia, a small patch of American Chestnut trees, which were largely wiped out due to a quick-spreading fungus in...
Carter Center Eradicates Guinea Worm in Africa
When former US President Jimmy Carter saw the suffering in the developing world caused by a little known disease called Guinea worm, he updated...
Migrating Wild Birds NOT Carrying Bird Flu
Scientists monitoring avian influenza in water birds report that "millions of water birds have already migrated from Asia to West Asia and Africa, but...
Jaguars Returning to U.S.
It seemed that jaguars were gone from the United States. The cat's historic range extended from northeastern Argentina through Brazil, Central America, Mexico and...
Innovation Wins Good Government Awards for Six States
Six state programs, ranging from Maine's comprehensive health care reform to Wisconsin's environmental program for businesses, are competing for $100,000 grants in one of...
UN Polio Campaign Underway in Afghanistan to Safeguard Two Million Children
More than two million Afghan children are currently being immunized in a United Nations-backed three-day polio eradication drive following a sixth reported case of...
New Orleans gets $60 Million Boost from Tiny Arab Nation
New Orleans receives a big boost this week from the small Persian Gulf country of Qatar who is paying-up a large chunk of the...
In Southern Sudan, 250 demobilized child soldiers trade weapons for textbooks
UNICEF officials, parents, and local and military leaders celebrated the demobilization of 250 youngsters from armed forces and groups in Southern Sudan last week....
Schools Take Action on Overweight Kids
In response to a steep rise in obesity among children, some public schools are taking action. It shocked me to learn that only 6...
Rhode Island Embarks on Statewide Broadband
America's smallest state is seeking to become its first to offer a wireless broadband network from border to border. Reuters reports on...
New Therapeutic Approach to Obesity uses Body’s own Hormone to Limit Hunger, Increase Activity
A new therapeutic approach to treating obesity uses a naturally occurring hormone. The best news is that the chemical comes from our own bodies,...
Good News Network Relaunched (April 25, 2006)
Is the Media Unbalanced? One Network Asserts Public Health is Served by its Positive News Tilt, Readers Attest to Medicinal Effects
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A Drug that Prevents Cell Damage in Spinal injuries, Cancer and Parkinson’s Diseases?
UPI reports on some excited researcers at Purdue University who said Tuesday that the hypertension drug hydralazine appears to prevent cell death. ...
Brad Pitt Announces Sustainable Design Competition for New Orleans Neighborhoods
Brad Pitt and Global Green USA announced the Sustainable Design Competition for New Orleans Neighborhoods.
"Get ready to create implementable visions for reconstruction of a...
G is for Genus Apis
EDITOR'S BLOG The full name of the honeybee that arrived at my backdoor in a huge swarming mass is Apis mellifera ligustica. We...
Teen Presents $18,000 Check To Injured Columbine Student
DENVER (Reuters) - A San Francisco teenager who raised $18,000 by running in a road race Tuesday presented the check to one of the...
Volvo Pledges Lifetime of Cars to U.S. Doctor Serving Orphans, Mothers in Ethiopia
The fourth annual Volvo for Life awards were announced and the 2006 grand prize winner is Dr. Ingida Asfaw of Pontiac, Michigan. Asfaw is...