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 ...

2025 saw the lowest number of human Guinea worm cases ever recorded, a year after the passing of former President Jimmy Carter, who often spoke of his desire to see the disease eradicated.

Carter-Guinea-Worm FILE - Aid workers with the Carter Center work in the community to raise awareness about Guinea worm and a family impacted in Jarweng, South Sudan ...

Nobel Prize-winning peacemaker Jimmy Carter spent nearly four decades waging war to eliminate an ancient parasite plaguing the world's poorest people.Rarely fatal but searingly painful and ...

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 — ...

ATLANTA (AP) — There were only 10 reported cases of Guinea worm infections confined to three countries in 2025, a historic low announced Friday by The Carter Center. The new mark comes barely a year ...