Just a few hours before President Carter underwent his first radiation treatment for brain cancer, he spoke of his hope, in the time he had left, to purge the world of a parasitic worm disease. That ...

Guinea worms are long, white parasites that emerge from the legs of infected people through painful blisters. CDC/Wikimedia Commons A painful, parasitic disease that once infected 3.5 million people ...

ABUYONG, Sudan - Lily pads and purple flowers dot one corner of the watering hole. Bright green algae covers another. Two women collect water in plastic jugs while a cattle herder bathes nearby.

Guinea worm disease, caused by the parasitic nematode Dracunculus medinensis, has been the focus of an ambitious global eradication programme since the 1980s. Transmission typically occurs through the ...

ATLANTA, Ga. (WALB) - The Carter Center reports that the late U.S. President Jimmy Carter’s goal of eradicating Guinea worm disease remains on track, with 14 provisional human cases reported worldwide ...

Nearly a decade ago, Jimmy Carter said he hoped to outlive a parasitic worm once responsible for inflicting pain on millions of people around the world every year. At the time, as the former U.S.

The Carter Center said Tuesday that only 13 human cases of Guinea worm disease were reported worldwide last year. After decades of progress, the eradication program’s director cautioned the end phase ...

ATLANTA -- In 2015, millions of people around the world tuned in to hear President Jimmy Carter announce that his cancer -- metastatic melanoma -- had spread to his brain, but he didn't focus solely ...

Jimmy Carter redefined what a president can do after departing the White House, leaving a lasting imprint through his work overseas, particularly in the realm of public health. By Sheryl Gay Stolberg ...

N’DJAMENA, Chad — Dr. Ernesto Ruiz-Tiben’s days on the front lines of the guinea-worm wars often end with a dinner of what he calls “poulet à la bicyclette” — chicken so lean and muscular that it ...