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Jimmy Carter Defeats Mortal Enemy in South Sudan

Yesterday, the minister of health for the country of South Sudan announced that they had successfully put a stop to transmission of Guinea Worm Disease. This means that they have achieved a 15-month period of no reported cases of Guinea...

Guinea Worm Eradication is Near

Guinea Worm is a waterborne disease that affects only the poorest of the poor people on the planet. But after millennia of inflicting pain and suffering in Asia and Africa, the disease is tantalizingly close to being wiped off the face of...

Goodbye Guinea Worm: Humanity’s Greatest Accomplishment This Week

Every once in a while it is important to take a step back from the day-to-day drumbeat of news and consider something from a more world historical perspective.  Such is the case with word from the World Health Organization that Guinea Worm is slated for global eradication.