Dr. William (Bill) H. Foege, a former CDC director who helped eradicate smallpox and whose health work saved millions of lives, died Saturday in Atlanta at the age of 89.

After an emergency repair of a nuclear reactor, Jimmy Carter had measurable radioactivity in his body for about six months.

High unemployment, inflation and the energy crisis engendered by foreign oil producers defined much of U.S. politics when Jimmy Carter was at the helm of the White House.

President Jimmy Carter’s work making the world a better place continued because of his faith, determination to leave a mark on the planet and a curious late-night dream.

Carter, who lived longer than any other U.S. president, entered home hospice care in Plains, Georgia in February 2023 after a series of short hospital stays.