{
  "question": "Was today a disease eradicated this year?",
  "url": "https://was.today/a-disease-eradicated-this-year",
  "verdict": "no",
  "headline": "NO",
  "answer": "No — no disease has been eradicated in 2026; smallpox (1980) and rinderpest (2011) are still the only eradications.",
  "details": [
    "Smallpox, eradicated 1980, is the only human disease wiped out",
    "Rinderpest, a cattle virus, was declared eradicated in 2011",
    "2026 saw only national eliminations: Chile leprosy (March), El Salvador trachoma (July)"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Wikipedia: October 24",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_24"
    },
    {
      "title": "EpiNews",
      "url": "https://epinews.emphnet.net/en/news/the-globe/el-salvador-validated-by-who-as-having-eliminated-trachoma-as-a-public-health-problem"
    },
    {
      "title": "Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)",
      "url": "https://www.paho.org/en/news/29-9-2026-five-countries-and-territories-recognized-disease-elimination-achievements-americas"
    },
    {
      "title": "World Health Organization (WHO)",
      "url": "https://www.who.int/es/news-room/19-05-2026-seventy-ninth-world-health-assembly---daily-update--19-may-2026#1"
    }
  ],
  "date": "2026-10-24",
  "place": null,
  "permalink": "https://was.today/a-disease-eradicated-this-year/2026-10-24",
  "scope": "global",
  "volatile": false,
  "generatedAt": "2026-10-25T02:33:58.049Z"
}