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.

Ms Badolé suffers from loiasis, a chronic filarial disease caused by the Loa loa parasite, also known as the African eye worm ...

Niger has become the first African country to eliminate river blindness, a parasitic disease that is the second-leading cause of blindness in the world, the WHO said Thursday.

Worms are about 1,000 times stronger than people (relatively speaking, of course!). The longest earthworm is the African giant earthworm, which can grow up to 6.7m (22ft) long. Worms are tough ...

Countries in Africa and the Americas are pursuing ... “Instead she was holding her right breast, which was almost a foot long and had a worm emerging from the nipple.” Carter used his status ...