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Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

Guinea worm disease is on the brink of being eradicated

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Guinea worm disease is on the brink of being eradicated

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Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

World creeps closer to eradicating human Guinea worm cases, with just 10 last year: Carter Center

The Carter Center says there were only 10 reported cases of Guinea worm infections confined to three countries in 2025

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Oh man. Someone needs to figure out how to do this measles!
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  Nah, don’t worry, I’m sure that Republicans soon will come out and say that worms are actually Great!
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  Don’t believe the hype, they said this 17 years ago.

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