Progress Toward Global Dracunculiasis (Guinea Worm Disease) Eradication, January 2023-June 2024

As this Editorial goes to press, The Lancet Infectious Diseases is publishing two papers with early results on the pathogenic potential of Oropouche virus (OROV), which is causing an unprecedented outbreak in the Americas. While such early data are key to understand and tackle outbreaks, they come with considerable uncertainty and raise questions about how to responsibly report and publish them. R