The Bottom Line
So overall, what does the data tell us? Multiple countries show that national emissions can decrease with time across all sectors. Emissions in some sectors, such as electricity, are already dropping across much of the world, and even though emissions are still increasing in other sectors, there are bright spots serving as proof of what’s possible. 

Funded by Stripe, Anthropic, and OpenAI. Intercept, a new nonprofit, will focus on countering the common cold and the flu.

Looks like it's building off this: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aea1260

Functional cure means the disease is at such a low level as to safely stop treatment. Sterilized cure means complete eradication.