{
  "question": "Was today a disease eradicated?",
  "url": "https://was.today/a-disease-eradicated",
  "verdict": "no",
  "headline": "NO",
  "answer": "No — humanity has eradicated exactly one human disease (smallpox, 1980), and it wasn't on October 25.",
  "details": [
    "Smallpox declared eradicated May 8, 1980",
    "Only human disease ever eradicated",
    "Rinderpest (cattle) followed in 2011"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Wikipedia: October 25",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_25"
    },
    {
      "title": "Nager.Date public holidays (US)",
      "url": "https://date.nager.at/PublicHoliday/Country/US"
    }
  ],
  "date": "2026-10-25",
  "place": "OH, United States",
  "permalink": "https://was.today/a-disease-eradicated/2026-10-25/us/oh",
  "scope": "region",
  "volatile": false,
  "generatedAt": "2026-10-25T07:40:53.010Z"
}