A Syracuse, NY nonprofit is giving the unhoused a place of their own. Andrew Lunetta started A Tiny Home for Good in 2014 after noticing that many shelter residents ended up returning because there weren’t many affordable housing options. The organization has built 23 tiny homes and renovated nearly two dozen others, each with a kitchen, bathroom, washer, and dryer, and residents also receive long-term support tailored to their needs………………… Researchers found a treatment for muscular dystrophy that’s showing promising results. Young children showed notable improvements in their motor skills after taking a drug called Vamorolone, which was developed to provide the benefits of steroids with fewer side effects. They think that they can now begin to treat the disease before significant muscle damage occurs……………..And finally…………
A 57-year-old man named Joshua just met his father for the first time. He was raised in a German orphanage and always wondered why no one came for him. Turns out his father had no idea he had a son in Germany. So with help from Ancestry DNA, Joshua tracked down his dad, who was a former U.S. serviceman stationed in Germany in the late 1960s. The reunion was extra special when Joshua went to Texas to meet 60 of his new relatives. During the visit, Joshua gave his father the rosary he had used for years while praying to one day meet him. (Here’s a news report.)