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We've Only Wiped Out One Human Disease—Until Now

Guinea worm cases down 99%

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 16, 2012 11:39 AM CDT | Updated Jul 21, 2012 6:03 AM CDT

(Newser) – The guinea worm is set to go the way of smallpox, becoming the second human disease to be fully wiped out—thanks in part to work by Jimmy Carter's Carter Center. "We are approaching the demise of the last guinea worm who will...   Read full story »

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