THE ISSUE On April 13, 2020, about a month after what we generally consider to be the moment when COVID-19 began to dominate our lives, we wrote here that âgood news is one of the best remedies we have at our disposal.â Of course, we had no idea then of how many months and how much heartbreak was ahead in this health crisis. But the sentiment we expressed nearly a year ago remains true. Good news represents welcome points of light in a dark time, and it deserves a brighter spotlight. To that end, here is some recent good news that brought us cheer during the often cold and gloomy winter days.