https://happygood.news Good news, traced to the original source. en https://happygood.news/story/new-york-city-rat-sightings-drop-22-percent-in-early-2026-f085fb15c548/ https://happygood.news/story/new-york-city-rat-sightings-drop-22-percent-in-early-2026-f085fb15c548/ Sat, 22 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT New York City recorded 22 percent fewer rat sightings in the first seven months of 2026 compared to the previous year, putting the city on track for its lowest reported sightings since the pandemic. The decline followed a campaign by former Mayor Eric Adams that included appointing a rat czar and requiring trash bins throughout the five boroughs to reduce waste left in plastic bags on streets. Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/08/new-york-city-rats-trash-bins https://happygood.news/story/new-seahorse-species-from-indian-ocean-named-after-ubc-marine-biologis-fff04d41bfa8/ https://happygood.news/story/new-seahorse-species-from-indian-ocean-named-after-ubc-marine-biologis-fff04d41bfa8/ Fri, 21 Aug 2026 15:29:00 GMT Researchers discovered a new seahorse species, Hippocampus amandavincentae, in fish bycatch at Tuticorin harbour in southern India. The 16-centimetre fish, which scientists encountered for over a century without recognising it as distinct, was named after Dr. Amanda Vincent of UBC for her marine conservation work. The species likely ranges across the Indian Ocean from Mozambique to the Red Sea to India. Source: https://science.ubc.ca/news/2026-08/new-seahorse-species-named-after-ubc-marine-conservationist https://happygood.news/story/former-courier-visits-isolated-elderly-parents-for-distant-children-in-e7ad091fd4b3/ https://happygood.news/story/former-courier-visits-isolated-elderly-parents-for-distant-children-in-e7ad091fd4b3/ Fri, 21 Aug 2026 11:00:48 GMT Tian Rui, a 39-year-old former rural courier from Yichang in Hubei province, completed more than 200 trips last year to visit elderly parents in remote mountain villages on behalf of their children working overseas or in distant cities. His clients, including one living in Bolivia over 17,000 kilometres away, request him to deliver medicine, food, and birthday cakes while providing companionship to their ageing parents. Source: https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3364166/chinese-family-bridge-makes-200-mountain-trips-yearly-connect-elderly-overseas-children?module=top_story&pgtype=subsection https://happygood.news/story/newborn-intensive-care-admissions-for-rsv-fall-by-half-in-england-54e8ffa380ba/ https://happygood.news/story/newborn-intensive-care-admissions-for-rsv-fall-by-half-in-england-54e8ffa380ba/ Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:59 GMT The UK Health Security Agency reported that intensive care admissions for babies under six months with RSV chest infections fell by 50% in England last winter. The drop followed the first full year of the NHS maternal vaccination programme, in which around 60% of women giving birth monthly received the vaccine. Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/newborn-icu-admissions-drop-50-in-first-full-year-of-rsv-maternal-vaccine-programme