Late former President Jimmy Carter had the goal of ending guinea worm disease for 38 years. Now, his goal is almost at the finish line.

The 14 reported cases in 2024 aligns with some of the lowest annual totals of human cases ever reported, following 14 cases in 2023 and 13 cases in 2022.

ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy ... Carter Center late Saturday afternoon, referring also to his mother, former first lady Rosalynn Carter, who died in 2023. “The two of them together changed the world.

Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, H.I.V. and other diseases cannot access funds to ...

This action follows an executive order signed by President Trump on his first day in office to withdraw the United States from the WHO.

That’s when Jimmy Carter announced that he would be cutting ... to make passersby think that a former leader of the free world worshiped and taught there for 40-plus years.

Amid the former presidents, members of Congress, lobbyists, princes and prime ministers at Jimmy ... touch with Carter, carrying on her son’s mission to try to bring peace to the world.

More than half of Americans believe the U.S. benefits from its membership in the WHO. As of April 2024, 25% of U.S. adults ...

The executive board of the World Health Organization (WHO) is meeting this week, just days after US President Donald Trump ...

As part of a rash of executive orders completed on his first day back in the White House, President Donald Trump began the ...

President Trump’s decision to pull out of the international health agency could deprive the United States of crucial ...

Public health experts evaluate the global and financial impact of the U.S. leaving the World Health Organization.