6 Dangerous Diseases You Think Have Been Eradicated—But Haven’T
6 Dangerous Diseases You Think Have Been Eradicated—But Haven’t Tempura/iStock In fact, smallpox is actually the only human infectious disease to be declared eradicated by the World Health Organization (WHO). That’s right—some of the diseases you thought had been “eradicated” aren’t actually 100 percent gone. When they no longer occur in a specific geographic region , these diseases are known as “eliminated”—but there’s always a chance they could come back. Read on to find out about six scary diseases that are still lurking out there, somewhere…...