On Jan. 24, 2023, The Carter Center, a nonprofit founded by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, announced that "Guinea worm is poised to become the second human disease in history to be eradicated ...

Thanks to the efforts of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, the Guinea worms that affected 3.5 million people in 1986 are now on the brink of extinction.

FILE - Ajak Kuol Nyamchiek watches while John Lotiki, a nurse with the Carter Center, bandages blisters on her leg from where a guinea worm is emerging, Abuyong, Sudan, Nov. 4, 2010.

Parasitic worms plaguing Africa may soon meet their match—because now, there’s an app for them, too. According to a new report in the journal Science Translational Medicine, researchers have ...

Efforts to eliminate river blindness, a debilitating disease affecting millions in Africa, will be hampered by another parasitic infection known as Loiasis, or 'African eye worm,' study published ...

Efforts to eliminate river blindness, a debilitating disease affecting millions in Africa, will be hampered by another parasitic infection known as Loiasis, or 'African eye worm,' according to a ...

In 2020, researchers discovered that a Guinea worm outbreak in the Central African country of Chad was driven by infected dogs, adding a new set of challenges to interrupting the transmission cycle.