Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is heading off to South Africa for the G20 summit today (and causing considerable confusion ...

It is generally held that worm infestations are the most commonly encountered infections in man, with millions of people infected globally. When an individual is infected, the person excretes faeces ...

The systematic violence of American militarism has shaped all our lives, including the soldiers who have come to realize that ...

It’s been a while since I’ve written for TomDispatch and there’s a reason for that. About 16 months ago, I experienced a ...

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.

In the 1980s, UNICEF and partners took on Guinea worm, a debilitating parasitic disease. Joining them in that fight: former President Jimmy Carter. In June 2023, Mariam, a Sudanese refugee from 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 ...

Jimmy Carter campaign badge. Wikimedia Commons. Jimmy Carter took great pride in pointing out that the United States didn’t start any new wars during his term as president. But after he left office, ...

Children collect daily family water needs from new boreholes, which supply filtered water free of guinea worm larvae. (Photo by Louise Gubb/Corbis via Getty Images) This week, the world celebrated the ...

Jimmy Carter took great pride in pointing out that the United States didn’t start any new wars during his term as president. But after he left office, he launched a war against “neglected” diseases — ...