Guinea worm is on course to become the second human disease eradicated after smallpox, with only 10 human cases reported worldwide in 2025. Just 10 human cases of Guinea worm were reported worldwide in 2025, the lowest number ever recorded, and a major step towards eradication. The Carter Center, a United States non-profit leading the global campaign to eradicate Guinea worm disease, announced the provisional figures, bringing the parasite closer to becoming the second eradicated disease in history. Dracunculiasis, commonly known as Guinea worm, is a parasitic disease transmitted through contaminated drinking water. It causes a painful blister from which...