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Pregnant woman receiving RSV vaccine, illustrating the maternal RSV vaccination program's impact on cutting newborn ICU admissions in half

Maternal RSV vaccine cuts newborn ICU admissions in half

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Good news! In the UK, only 63 infants were admitted to intensive care with RSV infection last winter, ...

How to help an anxious kid through back-to-school season

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM If you've ever driven away from school while your kid was still crying at the door, you know ...

Pope Francis makes history by allowing women to vote in bishops’ meetings

In a groundbreaking move, Pope Francis granted women the right to vote in bishops' meetings for the first time. The decision was announced last ...

Hope in Cape Cod: rescuers save 12 dolphins in two-day stranding response

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Over the weekend in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, a tense and carefully coordinated marine rescue ended with a heartening outcome: ...

A new law in Zambia makes free education much harder for future governments t...

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM There’s a particular kind of law that changes nothing overnight. The classrooms look the same the morning after ...