As the nation said farewell Thursday to former President Jimmy Carter, it remembered Carter's accomplishments in and out of ...

Jimmy Carter hoped to outlive the Guinea worm — and he came achingly close. Carter helped lead a decades-long campaign ...

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

President Carter helped lead a global health effort to eradicate the Guinea worm, a painful parasite which once infected more than 3 million people a year. Cases now number about a dozen a year.

JARWENG, South Sudan — Noble Prize-winning peacemaker Jimmy Carter spent nearly four decades waging war to eliminate an ...

The Ontario SPCA is trying to find a home for 500 pets that need adopting this holiday season. The iAdopt for the Holidays campaign is underway, with photos of animals dressed for the holiday in an ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Police: Officer fatally shot in a North Carolina grocery store, and a suspect is in custody.

Dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease) is a parasitic infection transmitted by the ingestion of larvae in contaminated water. Dog feces are common vectors for infection. Guinea worm disease doesn't ...

But wildlife remains — and adapts. Recent studies show that creatures as different as worms and free-ranging dogs thrive in Chernobyl, and it’s not exactly clear how. Worms collected in the ...