The 39th U.S. president aimed to quash the debilitating water-based infection before he died. Through the Carter Center's work, he came tantalizingly close, lowering the number of yearly cases from 3.

Former President Jimmy Carter's funeral takes place today at Washington National Cathedral. Follow Newsweek's live blog.

Jimmy Carter has a total number of four children with Rosalynn Carter, the youngest being their only daughter, Amy Carter. Here's how old she is now.

Maura Healey is requesting a moment of silence on Thursday to honor the life of former President Jimmy Carter.

President Joe Biden, the first sitting senator to endorse Carter’s one and only presidential campaign in 1976, eulogized him at Wednesday’s state funeral in Washington. Carter had been receiving hospice care at his home in Plains, Georgia, since 2023 for an undisclosed illness.

All five living presidents will be present to honor the late former President Jimmy Carter during his funeral service at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. on Thursday morning.

Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29 at the age of 100, spent his life intertwined with America’s and the world’s enduring legacy of slavery.

Former President Jimmy Carter is being honored with the pageantry of a funeral in the nation’s capital before a second service in his Georgia hometown.

Even Republicans, who have used President Carter to attack Democrats for nearly 50 years, have had to reckon with revisionism.

Jimmy Carter was introduced to Chicago at a South Shore church during the 1976 presidential campaign. After leaving the White House, he returned to work on a Habitat for Humanity home-building project in West Garfield Park.

All of Carter's living successors were in attendance, with President Joe Biden, the first sitting senator to endorse his 1976 run for the White House, delivering a eulogy.