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Good News in History: Catherine the Great Got the Smallpox Vaccine to Prove Its Safety to Her Subjects

She sought to have her entire empire inoculated. Catherine is quoted as saying, “My objective was, through my example, to save from death the multitude of my subjects who, not knowing the value of this technique, and frightened of it, were left in danger.”
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Hadiyah Nicole Green

Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green: Changing the Way America Treats Cancer

Like many people, Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green’s life has been marred by cancer. Both her aunt and uncle, who raised Green after she lost her parents, were diagnosed with the disease while she was in school. 
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World Hunger: A Winnable War

Today, the approximate number of malnourished people in the world is 795 million. That’s a big number, but it’s 216 million fewer than there were 12 years ago. 
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