The horrific Guinea worm once infected millions of people a year. Thanks to Jimmy Carter and others, the leg-infesting ...

Parasitic infections or worms can affect anyone, regardless of age or location. While often associated with unsanitary ...

The 39th U.S. president aimed to quash the debilitating water-based infection before he died. Through the Carter Center's ...

In 1986, the World Health Assembly called for the eradication of Guinea worm. At the start of the Carter Center-led program ...

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

The skin in these areas might look inflamed and ... About a month later, the eggs hatch in your intestines and grow into adult worms. Female pinworms move to your anal area to lay their eggs.

Former president Jimmy Carter’s charity has helped transform Guinea worm from a disease that used to infect millions to one ...

Human botfly larvae, for example, burrow under your skin, forming a pus-filled pimple. Meanwhile, thousands of young Loa loa worms can travel throughout your body —even across your eyeball!

The noodle-thin parasites then burrow their way out, breaking through the skin in burning blisters. Carter made eradicating ...

A worm is a long, creeping animal, with a soft, often segmented body. They don't have legs but instead are covered in hairs or bristles that help them to move. They breathe through their skin ...

The noodle-thin parasites then burrow their way out, breaking through the skin in burning blisters. Carter made eradicating Guinea worm a top mission of The Carter Center, the nonprofit he and his ...