{"id":44300,"date":"2026-04-08T00:52:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T00:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=44300"},"modified":"2026-04-08T00:52:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T00:52:04","slug":"can-we-eradicate-a-second-human-disease-podcast-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=44300","title":{"rendered":"Can we eradicate a second human disease? \u2013 podcast | Science"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The number of human cases of guinea worm, a painful and debilitating tropical illness, fell to a record low of just 10 last year, according to the Carter Centre, the foundation set up by the late former US president Jimmy Carter. But despite years-long declines, it remains almost impossible to completely eradicate the parasite. Only one human illness has been entirely eradicated: smallpox. Why is it so difficult, and could guinea worm one day be the second? Ian Sample hears from co-host Madeleine Finlay, and David Molyneux, emeritus professor of tropical disease microbiology at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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