guinea worm larvae. (Photo by Louise Gubb/Corbis via Getty Images) This week, the world celebrated the life and legacy of former President Jimmy Carter. Among Carter’s many post-presidency ...

Jimmy Carter took great pride in pointing out that the United States didn’t start ... Diseases like lymphatic filariasis, trachoma, river blindness, schistosomiasis … and a disease caused by a nasty ...

A jar containing Guinea worms is shown in Atlanta, where Carter Center volunteers helped assemble medical kits to fight Guinea worm disease, on July 28, 2004.

Former President Jimmy Carter worked for decades to eradicate Guinea worm disease around the world. Whereas 3.5 million cases of the painful parasitic infection were recorded in 1986, preliminary data ...

Former President Jimmy Carter worked for decades to eliminate Guinea worm disease around the world. Whereas 3.5 million cases of the painful parasitic infection were recorded in 1986, preliminary ...

A jar containing Guinea worms is shown in Atlanta, where Carter Center volunteers helped assemble medical kits to fight Guinea worm disease, on July 28, 2004. Former President Jimmy Carter hoped to ...

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 ...

Nobel Prize-winning peacemaker Jimmy Carter spent nearly four decades ... fatal but searingly painful and debilitating, Guinea worm disease infects people who drink water tainted with larvae ...