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Nearing our second-ever disease eradication
I like saying “our” in things like this because human beings are amazing and it feels good to just be a part of the species sometimes.
A debilitating infection from the parasitic Guinea worm is inching closer to global eradication, with an all-time low of only 10 human cases reported worldwide in 2025, the Carter Center announced.
If health workers can fully wipe out the worms, it will be only the second human disease to be eradicated, after smallpox.
Guinea worm on track to be 2nd eradicated human disease | Ars Technica
