Guinea's ruling junta missed a Dec. 31 deadline for a promised return to democracy and an opposition leader was sent to jail ...

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

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

The Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region (HSPPR) recently performed an amputation on a guinea pig, a surgery the shelter ...

Guinea's junta-led government on Thursday demanded the suspension of all political movements it deemed "without authorisation", as the country's military leaders hinted at possible elections this year ...

Guinea could hold a presidential and legislative election this year, the government spokesman said on Thursday, more than three years after a junta seized power in a coup.

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

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

A British ‘danger tourist’ on a mission to visit every country has become the first tourist to visit several indigenous ...

When Tammy Gaboury received a photo of a severely matted Shih Tzu, she wasn't sure what she was looking at. "You couldn't ...

I would like to see Guinea worm completely eradicated before I die,” Carter said at a news conference in 2015. “I’d like for ...

Are you looking to adopt a guinea pig, or do you already have a piggy who won’t stop biting? While it’s rare for guinea pigs ...