Not All News is Bad!

Evan Bisnauth makes animated videos with the dogs to help them get adopted.

Source: This 11-year-old is helping hard-to-place dogs in shelters get attention — and find homes

Very nice.

The Yamagata flu virus, one of four flu viruses we’re vaccinated against each year, hasn’t been recorded anywhere in the world since April 2020.

Source: How the rise of COVID-19 crushed the flu — and maybe wiped one virus out forever

Fascinating. Pandemic ramifications, both good and bad, will be studied for years.

A TikTok star known for traveling across the country to help people made a stop in St. Louis to help a 10-year-old girl’s dreams come true.

Source: A TikTok star made a dream come true for a St. Louis girl in constant pain

Now there’s a good use of social media.

A group of children gave chocolates to her after she apologised for not having treats to give them.

Source: Appeal after trick-or-treaters bring Newcastle grandma gifts

Very nice.

The great-great-grandmother, who lives in Santiago de Querétaro in Mexico, put her education on hold decades ago.

Source: This 93-year-old went back to school — and just graduated with a degree in business administration

I love these kinds of stories.

“We do put so much of our own heart into the care and worry,” Siebens said. “We never really get to see people get that much better. And so it’s amazing. It makes it feel like it’s definitely all worth it, you know?”

Source: He nearly died from Covid after choosing not to get vaccinated. Later, he returned to apologize to the medical staff

Returning to say thank you is golden.

Mariella, 17, made an app during lockdown that’s helping some kids enjoy films for the first time.

Source: The 17-year-old making films fun for deaf children

Very impressive.

Two middle school students are being praised for their quick action when their bus driver experienced a medical emergency.

Source: Two middle school students are being praised after their quick actions saved their bus driver

Quick thinking, and well done!

In this web exclusive, a filmmaker witnesses ten years of rewilding Washington State’s Elwha watershed.

Source: Orion Magazine – A River Reawakened

This is actually a beautiful story with lots of pictures. I’m quite familiar with the area.

A hydrogel can kill multi-resistant bacteria in wounds without the use of antibiotics.

Source: 🦠 New gel defeats multi-resistant bacteria

Very promising.