A debilitating infection from the parasitic Guinea worm is inching closer to global eradication, with an all-time low of only 10 human cases reported worldwide in 2025, the Carter Center announced. If ...

The Carter Center says there were only 10 reported cases of Guinea worm infections confined to three countries in 2025 ...

Guinea worm is on course to become the second human disease eradicated after smallpox, with only 10 human cases reported ...

Only 10 human cases of Guinea worm were reported worldwide in 2025, the lowest number ever recorded, bringing the parasitic ...

NEARING ERADICATION: 2025 saw the lowest number of human Guinea worm cases ever recorded, a year after the passing of former ...

From the millions of infections in developing countries in the mid-1980s, there were just ten cases reported in 2025.

Jimmy Carter made eradicating the Guinea worm a top mission of The Carter Center. Now it could soon become the second disease ...

Only 10 human cases of Guinea worm were reported worldwide in 2025, the lowest number ever recorded, bringing the ancient ...

ATLANTA, Ga. (WALB) - The Carter Center reports that the late U.S. President Jimmy Carter’s goal of eradicating Guinea worm disease remains on track, with 14 provisional human cases reported worldwide ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ATLANTA (AP) — Guinea worm disease remains ...

ABUYONG, Sudan - Lily pads and purple flowers dot one corner of the watering hole. Bright green algae covers another. Two women collect water in plastic jugs while a cattle herder bathes nearby.

It's no small thing to eradicate a disease, but Jimmy Carter spent a lot of time after his presidency trying to do just that. For years, the Carter Center, his global health and human rights ...