In 1986, international health experts decided to eliminate the Guinea worm disease. The campaign was led by the Carter Center ...

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has died. He was 100 years old and had spent more than a year in hospice care.

The worms can grow 3 feet long inside the body before breaking out in painful blisters. Rarely fatal but often crippling, the ...

Dr. Donald R. Hopkins Jimmy Carter was a president, a peacemaker, a public health champion — and my friend. When he left the White House, Carter used the power of his name, character and influence to ...

Since the re-emergence of guinea worm in a remote village in South Sudan, the Carter Center has returned to raise awareness ...

The NYSE and Nasdaq will close on January 9, 2024, to observe a National Day of Mourning for former President Jimmy Carter. Follow Newsweek's live blog.

Roughly 35 kids were born into hunger every minute this year as billionaire wealth reached a record $14 trillion.

Carter was also credited with having helped to persuade Egypt and Tunisia to ease violence in the Great Lakes Region of ...

After 20 months of war, and three months of negotiations with the warring sides, a bit of relief arrives for some of the ...

Trapped in Sudan’s brutal civil war, a young woman chose to work in a clinic on the front line, treating civilians and ...

Despite international mediation efforts, Sudan's civil war has continued throughout 2024, deepening the humanitarian crisis.

According to the U.N. nearly 14 million people have been displaced and more than 24,000 people have been killed in Sudan's ...