The annual leprosy awareness campaign will be held from January 30 to February 13, said Health and Family Welfare Commissioner G. Veerapandian. Taking part in a meeting of the State-Coordination ...

Despite a rise in leprosy cases in Florida, the CDC has not issued a travel advisory for the state. Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease, is curable with antibiotics and not easily spread. Rumors ...

Queensland recorded 29 typhoid cases in 2024 and 45 in 2023. Leprosy is extremely rare with two cases recorded in 2024 and two in 2023. All cases were acquired overseas. Health authorities advise that ...

Through much of the 20th century, Americans with leprosy were forced to live out their lives in isolation at the National Leprosarium—later called the Gillis W. Long Hansen’s Disease Center—in ...

BUCHAREST, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Romania said it had found two masseuses with leprosy at a spa in the northwestern city of Cluj, the European Union state's first confirmed cases of the disease in more ...

A case of leprosy has been reported in Leon County, Florida. Leprosy, also known as Hansen's Disease, is rare in the U.S. and is curable with antibiotics. The disease does not spread easily, and the ...

Leprosy cases in Florida are increasing, with 36 cases reported so far this year compared to 20 in the previous year. Also known as Hansen's disease, leprosy is a bacterial infection that is curable ...

Leprosy is a chronic granulomatous disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae that predominantly affects the skin and peripheral nerves (Britton & Lockwood 2004, Lasry-Levy et al. 2011). Leprosy is the ...

My 16 years at a rural hospital in India showed me what healing and restoration in Christian community look like. In 1994, my mother began working as a doctor at a rural hospital run by the Christian ...

Leprosy has haunted humanity for millennia, sparking fear and stigma. Discover the true history of this misunderstood disease, its devastating effects, and how modern medicine has changed the outlook ...