ATLANTA — Just a few hours before President Jimmy Carter underwent his first radiation treatment for brain cancer, he spoke of his hope, in the time he had left, to purge the world of a parasitic worm disease.
That was in 2015.
"I'd like the last Guinea worm to die before I do," the 39th president told reporters at the Carter Center. "We know where all of them are, so obviously that would be my top priority."
