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Packages of diapers, for article on Medicaid diaper coverage

2024 C.E. May 21

Tennessee to become the first U.S. state to provide some children’s diapers

Free diapers through Medicaid are coming to Tennessee this August, with families receiving 100 a month for every child under two. It's the first program of its kind in the country, and advocates expect it to deliver close to 100 million diapers a year to families who need them. The need is real: the National Diaper Bank Network found that 92% of Tennessee families receiving diaper assistance are working parents who still can't afford...

Elderly Indian man, for article on home voting India

2024 C.E. May 18

For the first time, India’s elderly and disabled are able to vote from home

Home voting came to India's national elections for the first time in 2024, opening the ballot to citizens aged 85 and older and to voters with significant disabilities — a group that together numbers more than 17 million people across the country. A team of polling officials visits each home, collects the ballot in person, and videographs the process to protect both secrecy and trust. In Churu, Rajasthan, eight family members with disabilities voted...

Whale tail, for article on sei whale return

2024 C.E. May 16

Sei whales reappear in Argentine waters after nearly 100 years

Sei whales are back in Argentina's coastal waters for the first time in roughly 100 years, after industrial whaling wiped them out in the 1920s and 30s. These blue-grey giants are the third-largest whales on Earth and among the fastest, which once made them prime targets for hunters. Their slow return — the species reproduces just once every two or three years — is a quiet testament to the 1946 international whaling treaty that...

Aerial view of a geothermal power facility surrounded by tropical landscape for an article about Indonesia coal phase-out, for article on India coal capacity share

2024 C.E. May 15

Coal’s share of power capacity in India drops below 50% for first time since 1960s

Coal now powers less than half of India's electricity capacity for the first time since the 1960s — a quiet but historic line just crossed by the world's most populous country. Renewables made up nearly three-quarters of the new capacity India added in the first quarter of 2024, and the country has already hit its 2030 goal of sourcing half its power from non-fossil sources, six years ahead of schedule. India has also climbed...

Howler monkey, for article on howler monkey rewilding

2024 C.E. May 10

Brazil takes pioneering action to rewild howler monkeys

Brazil has launched its first national population management program for the brown howler monkey, a species now ranked among the 25 most threatened primates on Earth after yellow fever outbreaks killed thousands. Coordinated across eight states, the program pairs a newly adapted yellow fever vaccine with strategic translocations to restore wild populations. In Rio de Janeiro's Tijuca National Park, two groups of howlers now live in an urban forest where the species had been...

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