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guinea worm larvae. (Photo by Louise Gubb/Corbis via Getty Images) This week, the world celebrated the life and legacy of former President Jimmy Carter. Among Carter’s many post-presidency ...

As a guinea pig for the burgeoning space program, he withstood a battery of tests to determine what a human being could endure in outer space. Col. Lindseth survived. America, in 1969, got man to ...

Civil society and opposition groups in Guinea are protesting the ruling junta’s missed deadline to launch a return to democracy CONAKRY, Guinea -- Parts of Guinea's capital were on lockdown as ...

CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Parts of Guinea’s capital have been on lockdown as civil society and opposition groups in the West African nation protested the ruling junta’s missed deadline to ...

The successful transplant of a gene-edited pig kidney into a human patient has raised hopes that cutting-edge technology can make pig organs safe for other transplant patients. Towana Looney ...

The world's largest rodent is having a big moment. The capybara — a semi-aquatic South American relative of the guinea pig — is the latest in a long line of "it" animals to get star treatment ...

Rarely fatal but searingly painful and debilitating, Guinea worm disease infects people who drink water tainted with larvae that grow inside the body into worms as much as 3-feet-long. The noodle ...

There were major breakthroughs in drug development and disease treatment. From a pig kidney transplant to restoring genetic deafness, 2024 was a year full of medical breakthroughs. The ...