Leprosy is one of the least contagious diseases around — and perhaps one of the most misunderstood. The colonies are relics ...

And in Europe, the medieval era was particularly disease-ridden. But what happened when money and social stigma collided? To ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The island of Molokai, where the Ball Method successfully treated leprosy sufferers. Albert Pierce Taylor Hansen’s disease, also ...

Scientists say a species of bacteria rewrites the history of when an infectious and potentially deadly disease first arrived in the Americas. And it was long before the arrival of European explorers.

Medieval Christians in Denmark showed off their wealth in death by buying prestigious graves: the closer to the church, the ...

(NEXSTAR) — Leprosy, a disease with a history as ancient as biblical times, has left an indelible mark on societal perceptions of race. The chronic disease was discovered in 1873 by Norwegian ...

BHUBANESWAR: Amid the ambitious target of ‘zero transmission, zero leprosy’ by 2027, Odisha has achieved 89 per cent ...

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One of the world’s oldest diseases has an even more complex history than expected. Research out today reveals that a form of leprosy was stalking people in the Americas long before Europeans arrived.

The research, published in Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology, analyzed 939 adult skeletons from five medieval cemeteries in Denmark, dating from approximately 1050 to 1536 AD. The findings ...