More Good News About 2025

88% of the world’s adults are now literate.

Fewer than half as many children died in 2025 as in 2000.

Incomplete statistics suggest that roughly 30 percent fewer Americans will have died of overdoses in 2025 than in 2023.

A new drug that can be taken by injection once every six months virtually eliminates the risk of getting H.I.V.

The gene editing tool CRISPR is revolutionizing care for sickle cell anemia and other diseases.

Scientists might eventually be able to grow you a new arm.

Source: Nichola Kristof, New York Times