Leprosy remains one of the biggest public health problems in many countries. It is a complex disease in several aspects, including clinical, histopathological, and molecular. This book is written to ...

A new report in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s medical journal looked at an increase in leprosy cases in 2020 in states like Florida, and the increase in “locally acquired” ...

Leprosy — also known as Hansen's disease — is becoming endemic in the southeastern United States, rising scientific evidence suggests. A research letter in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, ...

Prof. Robert A. Schwartz is associated with the Order of Saint Lazarus, an international non-governmental organization committed to the fight against leprosy. The word “leprosy” conjures images of ...

Rising cases of leprosy in the Southeast U.S. point to the possibility of the disease becoming endemic to the region, and a high concentration of those cases were reported in central Florida.

Wild chimpanzees in Western Africa have been found with leprosy for the first time ever — and now scientists are struggling to get to the root of the infectious disease that’s mostly found in humans.

Kambiz of Anthropology.net is back. His first offering reports on a new paper on the evidence for leprosy in India 4,000 years ago. ...Lots of hallmarks in human existence occurred during this time ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – Central Florida accounted for 81% of leprosy cases reported in Florida and almost one fifth of nationally reported cases, according to The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Long considered a disease introduced to America by European colonizers, leprosy may in fact have a much older history on the American continent. Scientists reveal that a second species of bacteria ...

Correction: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shared information about the surge of leprosy cases in Central Florida in a research letter. A previous version of this article contained ...