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This week’s edition · September 28, 2026
Health
Gavi reported that HPV vaccination in lower-income countries has protected 86 million girls and is estimated to prevent 1.4 million cervical cancer deaths — with over a million already averted — reaching a major coverage target ahead of schedule.
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Artificial Intelligence
Five more signs of progress from recent weeks, from record clean power to a marsupial pulled back from the brink.
Environment
India’s renewable electricity generation rose 24.7% year-on-year in June 2026, according to Central Electricity Authority data reported by SolarQuarter.
Environment
In June 2026, solar power generated a record 25% of the European Union’s electricity — about 52 terawatt-hours — becoming the bloc’s single largest source of power for only the third month on record.
Health
At the ASCO 2026 conference, an international phase 3 trial showed the daily pill daraxonrasib roughly doubled survival in advanced pancreatic cancer — cracking a genetic target long considered “undruggable.”
Animals
The numbat, Western Australia’s striped marsupial emblem, has been downlisted on the IUCN Red List from Endangered to Near Threatened.
Environment
In the 12 months to May 2026, drivers in the United Kingdom bought 516,490 new battery-electric cars against 504,010 petrol ones — the first time EVs have outsold pure petrol vehicles over a full year, according to a Carbon Brief analysis published on June 25, 2026.
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Species that were pushed to the edge, or vanished from their home ranges, and are now recovering thanks to protection, reintroduction and patient conservation work.
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New drugs, vaccines, screening tests and AI tools that are helping people detect cancer earlier and live longer.
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Records and firsts in solar, wind, batteries and geothermal power, and the moments clean electricity overtook coal and fossil fuels.
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