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Guinea worm nears eradication, may be second human disease wiped out after smallpox
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Bioethics.comGuinea worm nears eradication, may be second human disease wiped out after smallpox
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM The long battle against Guinea worm disease may soon reach a historic milestone: total eradication. In 2025, just 10 human cases were reported globally, according to The Carter Center, the United States nonprofit leading the decades-long eradication campaign. If successful, Guinea worm (dracunculiasis) will become only the second human disease in history to be fully eradicated, following the global eliminatio…
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