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Malawi’s National AIDS Commission reports that mother-to-child HIV transmission has fallen from 40% to 6%. Annual new HIV infections also fell from 60,000 in 2010 to 14,000 in 2025, gains officials attribute to sustained prevention, testing and treatment.
Source: Malawi Nyasa Times
Read the original story →Trained detection dogs helped University of Georgia researchers document weasels in a region where none had been confirmed for more than three decades. By placing cameras where dogs found fresh scent, the team recorded 77 weasel sightings over 200 nights at 16 locations.
Source: aol.com
Read the original story →The U.S. annual homelessness count recorded a decline of more than 6% in 2025, its largest drop in more than a decade. Two analyses of the count found similar declines, though nearly 700,000 people remained homeless and the reasons for the improvement are disputed.
Source: npr.org
Read the original story →NASA’s twin ESCAPADE spacecraft have successfully combined Earth’s gravity with engine burns to set themselves on course for Mars. The maneuvers mark a completed step in a new travel strategy designed to let missions launch without waiting for the usual two-year planetary alignment.
Source: NASA
Read the original story →Four engineers emerged from NASA’s simulated Mars habitat in Houston after more than a year growing crops, conducting experiments and practising Marswalks. Their completed mission offers experience of living and working together under isolation and communication constraints, without proving readiness for actual Mars travel.
Source: Nature News
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