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What were some good things humans achieved in 2023? (lemmy.eco.br)

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Anything exciting going on in your field of work this year? Or breakthroughs in science, new technologies developed, things like that.

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[–] [email protected] 55 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Dracunculiasis (disease caused by Guinea worm infection in humans) is almost eradicated. We hit a new all-time low for known cases: 13 last year, and now only 3 in the first half of 2023.

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/72/wr/mm7245a4.htm

https://www.cartercenter.org/health/guinea_worm/index.html

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago

LFG Humanity! We fuckin WIN THESE go TEAM