Carter targeted diseases primarily affecting the poor in remote areas — notably "Guinea worm disease." Because of his commitment, case numbers plummeted from 3.6 million a year to just 13 in 2022.

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Researchers are announcing that a 53-year-old man in Germany has been cured of HIV.

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