| 单词 | leprosy |
| 例句 | “Go home to your church girl. Go home and ask her about her aunt Vera. And, Chino, don’t talk to me cuz you got leprosy, ma man.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z But the most terrible of the afflictions were men and women with leprosy. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Still other infections of small human populations are chronic diseases such as leprosy and yaws. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He gave a heavy sigh and then said, “Do you know what leprosy is?” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z He told the first king, ‘You will die because your fingers will drop off. I give you the disease called leprosy.’ A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Late one night, I saw Murray and a few other folks who looked like they had leprosy planting flowers along Duval Street. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z He donated money to orphanages and leprosy clinics. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The bleachers also needed attention—they sagged, peeling paint like leprosy on the benches. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “And some children have diabetes,” Ben said, “and some have leprosy, some get eaten by tigers, some are born without arms, some get struck by lightning, and some use leaves for toilet paper.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It would just be like she was a leper, and leprosy really wasn’t so bad once you made it part of your routine. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z “My dad is volunteering in a clinic for people with leprosy,” she continues. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Park could tell her that he had lice and leprosy and parasitic worms living in his mouth, and she would still put on fresh ChapStick. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z What if this rash on my arm is leprosy? I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I considered that probably nothing would happen to Arnold, that he might not get leprosy, move to Africa and die. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “We don’t know that you came from Penikese. And even if you did, you almost certainly do not have leprosy, do you hear me?” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z And even then it’s got to be to call your mother to say that the school nurse has just diagnosed leprosy or something. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z That won’t do, says the leper, I barely have a hand left with the leprosy and I can’t hold on and blow into your hand. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The bathroom mirror, worse luck, showed no signs of leprosy. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “It’s very, very unlikely that you have it, Crow, but sometimes a person can have leprosy for years without knowing it.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z “I just don’t understand why people here talk about it like it’s leprosy,” she says. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z He had survived pellagra in Persia, scurvy in the Malayan archipelago, leprosy in Alexandria, beriberi in Japan, bubonic plague in Madagascar, an earthquake in Sicily, and a disastrous shipwreck in the Strait of Magellan. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “Someone with leprosy,” she said, stomping down the lane toward the bass stands and, beyond them, Osh, waiting for our return. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z In comparison, leprosy would be no worse than a bad cold. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z They are used to gunfire and leprosy but not true love. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z These people walk by a widow deformed by leprosy begging for a few paise, walk by children dressed in rags living in the street, and they think, “Business as usual.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z His face is spotted with what his contemporaries believed to be leprosy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Then a rumor arose that those who had seen the body in the orchard noticed a loathsome crust like a leprosy covering the skin. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z When used in cooking, its resin lent a pungent, onionlike taste perhaps not unlike modern asafoetida; when taken as medicine, the juice was said to cure sore throats, warts, fever, sour stomach, leprosy, and baldness. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z “I know I am like a leprosy. I will go tonight and then you will be safe.” The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z A leprosy colony was built on the next island. Aboriginal humour: 'the flip side of tragedy is comedy' 2013-06-19T01:08:50Z I ruled out 50 other diseases until I landed on the one I was sure of: leprosy. How Hypochondriacs Say ‘I Love You’ 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z In 1954, at the age of 16, my dad was living with my grandfather in the Bronx when he was diagnosed with Hansen's Disease, the preferred designation for leprosy. My father's bittersweet homecoming: A family visit to the institution that treated him for leprosy 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z Kalaupapa is where Hawaii banished leprosy patients for about a century. Kalaupapa leprosy settlement trail in Hawaii closed after landslide 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z But if the rash wasn’t leprosy, what was it? How Hypochondriacs Say ‘I Love You’ 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z “People would put on gloves and not want to touch me because they thought it was, like, leprosy or something,” she said. Cara Delevingne is quitting “hollow” modeling industry: “If you hate yourself and your body and the way you look, it just gets worse and worse” 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z Ms. Buchloh-Kollerbohm crowded the group into a small corner to show us some “sickness masks” from Nigeria, with distorted features that gave them the appearance of someone who has suffered from leprosy or a stroke. I Went Naked to a Museum, and It Was … Revealing 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z Partly because we’re not working in a potato field and worrying our children are going to die of leprosy. Kate Beckinsale: ‘Austen’s Lady Susan is like Emma on steroids’ 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z In 1959, for a TV movie of W. Somerset Maugham’s The Moon and Sixpence, he altered the dashing Laurence Olivier into a victim of leprosy. Remembering Dick Smith, the Godfather of Movie Makeup 2014-08-02T04:00:00Z Animal print hunt Tantalisingly territorial this week at four items; Crystal’s customary leopard print tie and leopard print neckerchief, Winnie Harlow’s giraffe print blouse and Heidi’s leprosy print Madonna dress. RuPaul's Drag Race recap: season 12, episode seven – Madonna magic 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z A bride-to-be was left devastated after she ordered a peacock-themed wedding cake that arrived looking like a "lopsided turkey with leprosy." Peacock-themed wedding cake leaves bride furious after baker drops it off: ‘Lopsided turkey with leprosy’ 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z Find out from my counterpart in the Health Ministry why he built a cottage hospital at a leprosy camp along the highway, but travelled to South Africa to build a dozen of nothing-is-lacking hospitals. The Swimming Pool by Jekwu Anyaegbuna 2013-03-16T09:01:08Z Everyone was equally covered in mammoth blood and filth, or olive oil and filth, or leprosy and filth, and all was well. These days, authors are also judged by their covers 2010-06-29T12:23:00Z In this season, the nuns and midwives of Nonnatus House will deal with leprosy, stroke, more complicated pregnancies and other ailments afflicting the people of Poplar. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘The Purge’ and ‘Call the Midwife’ 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z A world of tsunamis, and tsetse flies; of genocide and really bad hair days; of dolphins and leprosy and strawberry blondes; of chaotic misery, interrupted by occasional flashes of astounding beauty. There Is No Dog by Meg Rosoff ? review 2011-08-12T21:55:05Z A year before I met the boyfriend with leprosy, I woke up paralyzed on my left side, blind and unable to speak. How Hypochondriacs Say ‘I Love You’ 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z My boyfriend’s leprosy, I determined, was the type that starts as a small lesion and eventually leads to blindness and facial disfigurement. How Hypochondriacs Say ‘I Love You’ 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z And mostly he ruled, proving himself conversant in subjects as far-flung as leprosy and Franz Liszt, the Olympics and hedgehogs. Final score on 'Jeopardy!': Computer 1, humans 0 2011-02-17T14:09:35Z The herb didn’t live up to her hopes, but she founded a leprosy charity and wrote several books about her experiences. 7 of the most amazing women you’ve never heard of 2014-01-20T20:00:00Z The evening I convinced my boyfriend that he had leprosy defined a moment in our relationship that I can best describe as glorious. How Hypochondriacs Say ‘I Love You’ 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z Fortunately, she found a place with missionaries looking after people with leprosy. Anne Gee obituary 2011-01-24T18:40:14Z To her credit, she used her fame to publicise some unfashionable causes, from leprosy sufferers to landmine eradication. Who benefits when stars do politics? 2010-09-22T19:00:00Z But, for much of his life, Mawurndjul, who fought off leprosy as a child, has lived on even more remote outstations. Introducing the greatest aboriginal artist unknown in America 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z I wanted to look upon the concrete leprosy of the slums and imagine what it was like a thousand years ago, with snow-capped volcanoes visible through clean air and lakes gleaming in the sun. In Mexico City, Exploring a Volcano Sacred to the Aztecs 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z She'd have become an even more powerful force for the charitable causes she supported – "the victims of land mines, leprosy, and HIV/AIDS." Newsweek digs up Princess Diana 2011-06-29T15:46:00Z Maybe her article needs a touch of leprosy, or a dead kid on the lawn? Review: ‘Folk Wandering,’ a Wistful Musical Full of Story and Searching 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z The Park Service maintains a park at Kalaupapa, which is also famous for being where Saint Damien and Saint Marianne cared for leprosy patients when fear of the disease kept most others away. Kalaupapa leprosy settlement trail in Hawaii closed after landslide 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z "Jesus went around healing lepers and touched them without fear of getting leprosy," he said. Cherry-picking the Bible and using verses out of context has been done for centuries 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z Olivier’s character was based on the painter Gauguin, who died of leprosy. ‘Godfather of Makeup’ Dick Smith dead at 92 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z Lonergan said leprosy is still a taboo illness, and the lepers are segregated from other populations. Mass. dental hygienist on charity mission to Ghana 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z They told tales of being tracked down at home by bounty hunters who got $10 for each suspected leprosy victim reported to the Board of Health. The site of an 1860s leper colony on Molokai island draws determined travelers 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z But Watson jumped in with the correct response: What is leprosy? Computer crushes the competition on `Jeopardy!' 2011-02-16T13:59:07Z Continuing with cakes, another couple was left furious when their peacock-themed wedding cake more resembled a “lopsided turkey with leprosy” rather than the regal bird they were expecting. Biggest wedding fails of 2019: The hilarious moments these couples would rather forget 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z As Pi’ilani, who never contracts leprosy, says in a voice-over, “No man, no government could break the bonds of marriage and family.” ‘The Wind & the Reckoning’ Review: A Hawaiian Story of Resistance 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z Finding leprosy in anyone but my boyfriend would have sent me straight to that clinic myself, pointing to freckles and birthmarks. How Hypochondriacs Say ‘I Love You’ 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z In 2005, the Indian government declared that leprosy had been eliminated. Tonight's TV highlights: Unreported World 2011-03-25T00:04:01Z “You probably have the kind of leprosy that responds to treatment.” How Hypochondriacs Say ‘I Love You’ 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z A journalist for the South China Morning Post newspaper recounted mentioning during a 1984 interview that a medical team fighting leprosy in southwestern China had trouble traveling over the rugged, mountainous terrain. Hong Kong movie mogul Run Run Shaw dies 2014-01-07T14:02:11Z Animal print hunt A leprosy print quarantine, with three items this week; Crystal’s two leopard print interview pieces as always, and Michelle’s panel look. RuPaul's Drag Race recap: season 12, episode 11 – the queens Whoopi it up 2020-05-10T04:00:00Z He went home to New Jersey last fall, his body racked by bouts of malaria, leprosy and cirrhosis resulting from hepatitis B. Louis Sarno Dies at 62; Moved to Africa to Preserve Ancestral Music 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z For many of that city's most wretched residents – struck with leprosy, malnutrition or abject poverty – "the worst thing in the world" is a daily occurrence. Summer readings: Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell 2011-08-06T08:00:02Z The night of the leprosy diagnosis, my boyfriend had what looked like an irritation circumnavigating his hip area near the band of his sweatpants. How Hypochondriacs Say ‘I Love You’ 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z I found a leprosy clinic at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan, a quick bus ride across town, one of only 11 in the United States. How Hypochondriacs Say ‘I Love You’ 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z The island’s top attraction is Kalaupapa, the forbidding peninsula that used to be a leper colony, ministered by Father Damien until he, too, succumbed to leprosy. A Hawaiian Island Where Everybody Knows Your Name 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z The oft-referred to Ganges River produces “the smell of mud and leprosy and fire.” A Mesmerizing ‘India Song,’ Pulpy and Austere 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z Victors earn free drinks; between rounds players can nab free drinks by answering questions like “What’s the only animal, besides a human, that can contract leprosy?” Bar Trivia Quiz Nights at Brooklyn Pubs 2011-01-13T22:17:58Z Armadillos are the only other species that can get leprosy. The Serpent's Promise by Steve Jones – digested read 2013-05-05T17:29:01Z In 1915, Alice Ball, a Black Hawaiian chemist, discovered the world's leading leprosy treatment before antibiotics, which was nicknamed the "Ball Method." Eclipsed genius: Despite modest progress, sexism and racism persist in science 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z Like the landscaper's case, about one-third of leprosy reports between 2015 and 2020 are thought to have been contracted within the country. Leprosy is probably endemic to Central Florida, CDC reports, posing yet another public health threat 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z Caught early enough, leprosy can be cured with standard antibiotic drugs taken over a year. Leprosy May Be Endemic in Central Florida, Scientists Report 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z Going down: Aged and suffering from flesh-eating leprosy and arthritis, Viserys succumbs in his bed as his second wife attends to him. TV's 7 deadly scenes: Last words from some of the dearly departed 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z On New Year’s Day in 1922, a scientific paper in an obscure medical journal described a drug that would help revolutionize the treatment of leprosy in Hawaii and beyond. Overlooked No More: Alice Ball, Chemist Who Created a Treatment for Leprosy 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z Kalisher and her colleagues found widespread lesions on the bones, tiny holes that can be a symptom of various diseases, including tuberculosis and leprosy. Biblical city yields unusual case of 3,500-year-old head surgery 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Its charity work includes fighting leprosy, disaster relief, help for people with disabilities and various scholarships, under its motto “to achieve a society in which all people support one another.” Refugee-adverse Japan welcomes Ukrainians after Russia war 2023-02-25T05:00:00Z Researchers have identified a second type of bacteria that leads to leprosy. Leprosy May Be Endemic in Central Florida, Scientists Report 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z Another version of the legend says Najjar was a believer in Jesus, whose disciples cured his son of leprosy, and was killed for promoting the new Christian faith. Ruins of Turkish city of Antakya tell story of a rich past 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z The report, by Harry Hollmann, extolled the therapeutic potential of chaulmoogra oil, originally a folk remedy for leprosy with ancient roots in India and China. Overlooked No More: Alice Ball, Chemist Who Created a Treatment for Leprosy 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z Illness altered the appearance of the younger brother’s nasal surface, something that can happen in people afflicted with leprosy. Biblical city yields unusual case of 3,500-year-old head surgery 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z But diseases like leprosy and tuberculosis thrived in tight quarters and spread through trade, economic opportunities started drying up, and unpredictable monsoon rainfall made the situation worse. What 5,000-year-old skeletons tell us about living with climate change 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z New cases of leprosy were often diagnosed in people who had traveled to other parts of the world. Leprosy May Be Endemic in Central Florida, Scientists Report 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Lapierre and his wife funded humanitarian initiatives, including homes for people with leprosy and clinics in India’s West Bengal region and around Bhopal. Dominique Lapierre, author of best-selling historical narratives, dies at 91 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z But in his paper, Hollmann named the process that transformed chaulmoogra into a 20th-century leprosy medicine: the Ball Method, a simple injection that freed dozens of people in the Territory of Hawaii from draconian quarantines. Overlooked No More: Alice Ball, Chemist Who Created a Treatment for Leprosy 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z Researchers found no other signs of leprosy in the younger man, but are intrigued by the possibility. Biblical city yields unusual case of 3,500-year-old head surgery 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z To save her twin brother, who has leprosy, 12-year-old Ziva runs away with him, with the angel of death in swift pursuit. Newbery winner offers 5 favorite kids’ books of 2022 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z Other people have similarly become infected without obvious explanation, suggesting that leprosy is now endemic in the state, the researchers said. Leprosy May Be Endemic in Central Florida, Scientists Report 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z It appears the leprosy bug is rewinding the developmental clock in the liver. Leprosy: Ancient disease able to regenerate organs 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z Injecting the unprocessed oil caused it to ulcerate the skin, further disfiguring those whose skin was already damaged by leprosy. Overlooked No More: Alice Ball, Chemist Who Created a Treatment for Leprosy 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z If confirmed by testing, it would be one of the earliest cases of leprosy ever discovered. Biblical city yields unusual case of 3,500-year-old head surgery 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Armadillos stash a secret under their shells—their liver grows dramatically when they are infected with the bacterium that causes leprosy in people. Leprosy spurs growth in armadillo livers, offering clues to organ regeneration 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z Still, there is no rising tide of leprosy in Florida. Leprosy May Be Endemic in Central Florida, Scientists Report 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z Ms. Ech-Channa worked as a medical secretary in a leprosy clinic and later a tuberculosis laboratory and studied nursing before beginning her career as a state social worker. Aicha Ech-Channa, ‘Moroccan Mother Teresa,’ dies at 81 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z Although the medicine was imperfect and didn’t work for everyone, Hollmann was buoyed by its power to set people with leprosy free. Overlooked No More: Alice Ball, Chemist Who Created a Treatment for Leprosy 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z I never saw Jesus say, "I will heal you of leprosy — but wait a minute, I got to get something from you first." "You are going to hear our voices": Rev. William J. Barber on the midterms and the road ahead 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z That question “kept me awake at night,” Rambukkana says, because leprosy bacteria do not grow well in mice or other standard lab animals. Leprosy spurs growth in armadillo livers, offering clues to organ regeneration 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z A Catholic school in Honolulu is named for St. Damien of Molokai, the Belgian priest who cared for the sick in a leprosy settlement and died of the disease. Perspective | Looking for a royal fix? Hawaii’s sidelined monarchy may satisfy. 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z At that time, the best potential treatment for leprosy was oil from the chaulmoogra tree, but the oil was extremely thick, causing blisters and making usage painful and ineffective. Chemistry 2019-02-14T00:00:00Z Hansen’s disease, commonly called leprosy, is a slow-growing infection caused by Mycobacterium leprae, a cousin of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacteria responsible for tuberculosis. Overlooked No More: Alice Ball, Chemist Who Created a Treatment for Leprosy 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z The country has managed to eliminate malaria, polio, leprosy, the tropical parasitic disease filariasis commonly known as elephantiasis, and most other vaccine-preventable diseases. ‘Don’t fall ill’: Sri Lanka doctors warn of drug shortage 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z The livers of armadillos infected with leprosy bacteria are about one-third larger than those of their uninfected counterparts, Rambukkana and colleagues report today in Cell Reports Medicine. Leprosy spurs growth in armadillo livers, offering clues to organ regeneration 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z Bacteria such as Mycobacterium leprae, the cause of leprosy, are resistant to lysosomal enzymes and can persist in macrophage organelles or escape into the cytosol. Anatomy and Physiology 2013-06-19T00:00:00Z The "Ball Method" as it later came to be called, became the standard treatment for leprosy for decades. Chemistry 2019-02-14T00:00:00Z During the time of Ball’s chaulmoogra research, leprosy was still steeped in stigma, just as it was in the biblical era. Overlooked No More: Alice Ball, Chemist Who Created a Treatment for Leprosy 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z Princess Diana, who died in a Paris car crash in 1997, promoted and worked for scores of charities, raising awareness about homelessness, AIDS, leprosy and land mines, among other causes. Evoking Diana, Prince William commits to homelessness cause 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z She vividly remembers meeting a paleopathologist 20 years ago who had been studying leprosy, which leaves visible marks on skeletons. Where Did the Black Death Begin? DNA Detectives Find a Key Clue. 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z Chronic pain, he states, is "the modern-day leprosy" and our clumsy attempts to treat it resemble the days when physicians would hack out the lung of tuberculosis sufferers. Unlocking the mysteries of pain 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z You describe pain as sort of modern day leprosy. One-fifth of American adults live with chronic pain. Why aren't we talking about it more? 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z Those afflicted were dealt with harshly and forced into permanent isolation, even though leprosy was not easily transmitted. Overlooked No More: Alice Ball, Chemist Who Created a Treatment for Leprosy 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z I would walk through the newsroom and reporters I had known for years looked down or turned their heads, as if I had leprosy. In war, there are no "worthy" or "unworthy" victims: That's how we justify our crimes 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z In 1619, officials in Burgundy, France, banned potatoes, explaining that “too frequent use of them caused the leprosy.” World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z She’s a young woman, barely 19, but her hands have been curled by an ancient disease: leprosy. Leprosy Hospital Offers Healing, and a Haven, to the Shunned 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z In our series of letters from African writers, Nigerian novelist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani writes about a woman whose life changed after she got a skin ailment and later visited a leprosy colony. The Nigerian woman whose life changed when she visited a leprosy colony 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z In Hawaii, people with leprosy were shipped out of sight, marooned on Molokai Island for life. Overlooked No More: Alice Ball, Chemist Who Created a Treatment for Leprosy 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z Snake wine is variously touted as a cure for rheumatism, arthritis, lumbago, leprosy, excessive sweating, hair loss, dry skin, far-sightedness, exhaustion, flu, fever, pain and migraines, and as a general all-round tonic. The false promise of snake wine in Southeast Asia 2021-08-01T04:00:00Z Benjamin Rush, one of the physicians who signed the Declaration of Independence, once described Blackness as a form of leprosy that could be cured to restore the “natural white flesh color.” How scientists are subtracting race from medical risk calculators 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z In medieval Europe, people with leprosy were banished from their communities even though the disease, despite all the hysteria, is actually not that contagious. Leprosy Hospital Offers Healing, and a Haven, to the Shunned 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z "I said: 'What! Is there still leprosy in Nigeria?'" The Nigerian woman whose life changed when she visited a leprosy colony 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z Dr. Benjamin Rush, the 18th-century doctor who is often called the “father” of American psychiatry, held the racist belief that Black skin was the result of a mild form of leprosy. Psychiatry Confronts Its Racist Past, and Tries to Make Amends 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z Eventually, doctors prescribed the same powerful antibiotics used to treat leprosy and tuberculosis. A Terrifying Disease Stalks Seaside Australia: Flesh-Eating Ulcers 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z Vultures are immune to leprosy, cholera, and anthrax, and they are essential for preventing the spread of carcass-borne diseases. Lasers, cannons, effigies: The surprising science of shooing vultures away 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z Nowadays, leprosy, also known as Hansen’s disease, is easily cured, especially when detected early, but still, many of those who have it feel like outcasts. Leprosy Hospital Offers Healing, and a Haven, to the Shunned 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z "It was my first time of knowing that there was still leprosy in the world." The Nigerian woman whose life changed when she visited a leprosy colony 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z Other intensely inflammatory infections, including malaria, leprosy and respiratory viruses, are also known to trigger autoantibodies. How the Coronavirus Turns the Body Against Itself 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z The chimp find suggests leprosy “has other niches that it has adapted to,” Spencer says—and adds one more pathogen to the growing roster of diseases that afflict both humans and other animals. This wildlife vet tracks deadly microbes in the African jungle. Now, he’s on the trail of COVID-19 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z On shore leave in India, he witnessed extreme poverty, the physical scars of leprosy and the Hindu practice — now outlawed — of the cremation of widows on the funeral pyres of their husbands. Samuel L. Myers Sr., leader in Black higher education who oversaw Bowie State protests, dies at 101 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z But being around leprosy never bothered him, though his wife eyed his body closely at night, inspecting each new rash and bump. Leprosy Hospital Offers Healing, and a Haven, to the Shunned 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z Despite its elimination as a global health concern, leprosy is still prevalent in Nigeria, with more than 3,500 cases diagnosed each year, according to the country's Centre for Disease Control. The Nigerian woman whose life changed when she visited a leprosy colony 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z The one where he worked was a resettlement village for people with leprosy. South Korea returns a San Diegan’s 40-year-old favor with a COVID-19 ‘survival box’ 2020-12-20T05:00:00Z More recently, Leendertz’s team has discovered that leprosy—another disease with the potential to jump to humans—affects wild chimpanzees too. This wildlife vet tracks deadly microbes in the African jungle. Now, he’s on the trail of COVID-19 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z The community once served as a home for medical patients with Hansen’s Disease, also known as leprosy, who were forced to relocate and isolate there. Hawaii county that had no virus cases reports 1st infection 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z One reason: Because the disease can now be easily treated, health professionals stopped routine screening, which in turn allowed leprosy to continue spreading. Leprosy Hospital Offers Healing, and a Haven, to the Shunned 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z Like many leprosy hospitals around Nigeria, Ekpene Obom also provides accommodation for patients who can no longer return to their original communities owing to stigmatisation. The Nigerian woman whose life changed when she visited a leprosy colony 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z Now, a new preprint by the two researchers gives a surprising answer: Chimps in both West African sites suffer from leprosy, a disease never before documented in wild chimpanzees. Leprosy, ancient scourge of humans, found to assail wild chimpanzees 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z By analyzing fecal samples, the researchers confirmed the lesions were caused by leprosy, a disease never before seen in wild chimpanzees. This wildlife vet tracks deadly microbes in the African jungle. Now, he’s on the trail of COVID-19 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z An 1862 article in The BMJ said the countries of Asia were “infested” with leprosy “in proportion to the physical and moral degradation of their people.” From leprosy to COVID-19, how stigma makes it harder to fight epidemics 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z Simply touching a suspicious gray patch of skin with a ballpoint pen can be the first step: If a patient feels no sensation that might mean leprosy. Leprosy Hospital Offers Healing, and a Haven, to the Shunned 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z Over the past decade, Mrs Ikotidem has made caring for leprosy patients her life's mission. The Nigerian woman whose life changed when she visited a leprosy colony 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z For years, researchers thought leprosy afflicted only humans. Leprosy, ancient scourge of humans, found to assail wild chimpanzees 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z And he and colleagues in Guinea-Bissau recently found that wild chimpanzees suffer from leprosy, suggesting apes might be a previously undetected reservoir of that disfiguring disease, which could spill over into human populations. This wildlife vet tracks deadly microbes in the African jungle. Now, he’s on the trail of COVID-19 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z Still, people with leprosy continued to be shunned. From leprosy to COVID-19, how stigma makes it harder to fight epidemics 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z Had she been diagnosed properly, she would have been given a course of multidrug therapy, which the pharmaceutical company Novartis provides free, and that would have arrested the leprosy bacteria before it infiltrated her fingers. Leprosy Hospital Offers Healing, and a Haven, to the Shunned 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z With limited funding from a government that has many other public health priorities, leprosy colonies in Nigeria tend to depend mostly on international charities, such as The Leprosy Mission. The Nigerian woman whose life changed when she visited a leprosy colony 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z Scientists have also reported isolated leprosy cases in captive animals, including chimps. Leprosy, ancient scourge of humans, found to assail wild chimpanzees 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z Once they’re infected, the males go rogue — even as the fungus acts like a sort of leprosy. Parasitic fungus creates zombie cicadas that spread infection further, study finds 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z For example, according to a 1996 ethnographic study in Thailand, many older people associated leprosy with begging, probably because in the past, ostracism and disability threw patients with the disease into poverty and eventually begging. From leprosy to COVID-19, how stigma makes it harder to fight epidemics 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z While disability rights have come a long way in India, and the government reserves a small percentage of jobs for people with disabilities, including leprosy, there is still stinging discrimination. Leprosy Hospital Offers Healing, and a Haven, to the Shunned 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z He remembered Norman Fowler’s tombstone advert and the people with leprosy he learned about at school who were banished to colonies. Gareth Thomas on coming out as HIV positive: 'It was my right to tell my family – not somebody else's' 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z When a chimpanzee named Woodstock at Taï National Park in Cote d’Ivoire started showing signs of leprosy, Leendertz decided to screen older fecal and necropsy samples from his library for the disease. Leprosy, ancient scourge of humans, found to assail wild chimpanzees 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z The compound she created became the standard treatment for leprosy until the advent of antibiotics in the 1940s, but her supervisor failed to mention her name when he reported the discovery in the medical literature. Daily briefing: Long-acting injection protects against HIV infection 2020-05-17T04:00:00Z Even in 2018, a survey of people in Cameroon indicated that one-quarter of 233 respondents believed leprosy was caused by a spell. From leprosy to COVID-19, how stigma makes it harder to fight epidemics 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z But there’s one place where her dignity is replenished: the Sivananda Rehabilitation Home, which has served as both hospital and refuge for six decades in a country that struggles with leprosy more than any other. Leprosy Hospital Offers Healing, and a Haven, to the Shunned 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z This policy, employed to various degrees in China, Israel and elsewhere, is a modern rendition of a strategy dating back to biblical and medieval approaches to leprosy and plague. Opinion | The key tool to a safe opening is not social distancing 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z That could be an animal the chimpanzees hunt, for instance, or the leprosy bacterium might even live in the environment. Leprosy, ancient scourge of humans, found to assail wild chimpanzees 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z People suffering from ailments such as Hansen’s disease, or leprosy, were likewise forced to live in isolation decades after a cure was found. In Japan, pandemic brings outbreaks of bullying, ostracism 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z The initial response was marked by moral panic, similar to old views of leprosy. From leprosy to COVID-19, how stigma makes it harder to fight epidemics 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z It’s spread by close contact, especially nasal droplets, and doctors and nurses in leprosy hospitals have contracted it, though such cases are rare. Leprosy Hospital Offers Healing, and a Haven, to the Shunned 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z “People are being treated as if they have leprosy,” said Ms. Vega, executive director of the Chelsea Collaborative. In a Crowded City, Leaders Struggle to Separate the Sick From the Well 2020-04-25T04:00:00Z But, he concludes, “the most likely scenario is that there is some unidentified leprosy reservoir.” Leprosy, ancient scourge of humans, found to assail wild chimpanzees 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z In 1998, the company received approval from the Food and Drug Administration to bring back thalidomide as a treatment for leprosy — and, possibly, as a treatment for AIDS. Column: Here's why a COVID-19 vaccine could end up costing you a small fortune 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z As with leprosy, social attitudes were intensified by legal discriminations that never fully went away. From leprosy to COVID-19, how stigma makes it harder to fight epidemics 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z “But I never worry. If God wants to give me leprosy, let him give me.” Leprosy Hospital Offers Healing, and a Haven, to the Shunned 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z Japan’s reluctance to introduce a more draconian lockdown stems in part from bitter memories of civil rights abuses during the days of militarism and the forced isolation of leprosy patients. Japan declares state of emergency over coronavirus 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z She has long suspected the leprosy bacterium may thrive in another reservoir, in part because of the leprosy genome’s small size and other quirks. Leprosy, ancient scourge of humans, found to assail wild chimpanzees 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z Now it’s used to treat leprosy and multiple myeloma, and was considered as a treatment for lung injury caused by the H1N1 flu virus when it first appeared in humans in 2009. Malaria drugs aren't the only ones on the shelf that might help coronavirus patients 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z In leprosy and HIV, good information about mode of transmission and available treatments helped improve attitudes. From leprosy to COVID-19, how stigma makes it harder to fight epidemics 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z The catalog ranges over swine flu and avian flu, leprosy, measles and malaria. Photos From a Century of Epidemics 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z One of uncovered skulls was a woman with leprosy. Scottish 16th-century woman scarred by leprosy seen in amazing digital reconstruction 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z The finding could indicate an unknown source of leprosy in the wild and reveal new clues about a still-mysterious disease. Leprosy, ancient scourge of humans, found to assail wild chimpanzees 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z Malcolm Duthie, a senior scientist who was told his job would end later this month, was developing a leprosy vaccine financed through grants coordinated by the American Leprosy Missions. Seattle research nonprofit shutters TB vaccine effort, lays off scientists 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z As seen with leprosy, language matters, which is why WHO in 2015 recommended against using countries, regions, animals, or people when naming viruses. From leprosy to COVID-19, how stigma makes it harder to fight epidemics 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z Born in western Japan, Nakamura, 73, trained as a doctor and answered a 1984 recruitment call to work in a clinic treating leprosy in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, attracted by the region’s stark beauty. Japanese doctor made the Afghan deserts green, until deadly attack 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Scientists have digitally reconstructed the face of a Scottish woman who was scarred by leprosy more than 500 years ago. Scottish 16th-century woman scarred by leprosy seen in amazing digital reconstruction 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z “Humans have to take antibiotics for months to treat leprosy. You just can’t do that with these wild animals.” Leprosy, ancient scourge of humans, found to assail wild chimpanzees 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z He went on to become a doctor in Japan but eventually moved to Pakistan in 1984 to treat patients with leprosy. Japanese 'hero' among six dead in Afghan attack 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z The association is ancient: The biblical book of Leviticus depicts leprosy as a manifestation of spiritual sin, calling people with the condition “unclean” and directing them to live “outside the camp.” From leprosy to COVID-19, how stigma makes it harder to fight epidemics 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z “But if somebody has leprosy, Sid — it is highly regrettable, but you stay away from them.” Judy Garland's life was run by men. These newly unearthed recordings reveal how 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z More than 150 years ago, leprosy arrived in the Kingdom of Hawaii. As Trump Administration Downplays Warming, Agencies Chronicle Climate Impacts 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z Rodents are a prime contender for the mystery host, Stone says, although amoeba and some insects have also been infected with leprosy in the lab. Leprosy, ancient scourge of humans, found to assail wild chimpanzees 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z At its peak, PMS operated 10 clinics providing help for leprosy patients and refugees amongst others. Japanese 'hero' among six dead in Afghan attack 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z His family attributes it to his efforts to prevent the exploitation of leprosy patients and his demand that patients be treated with dignity. Why this man could become Zimbabwe's first Catholic saint 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z Leprosy was eliminated here in 1995, and the responsibilities of the leprosy campaign were rapidly bundled into the national health system. Eliminating malaria should not be the end of vigilance 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z The quarantine law was lifted in 1969 after a leprosy treatment was developed, though some residents chose to stay in the only home they’d ever known. As Trump Administration Downplays Warming, Agencies Chronicle Climate Impacts 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z Marygold Village in India “is based in an area where families afflicted with leprosy three generations ago are now integrating into the wider community,” Levinson wrote. From Brattleboro, with compassion: Pen pals in the making 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z Doctors tried every drug they could think of, from those used to treat leprosy to those for urinary tract infections. Scientists Discover New Cure for the Deadliest Strain of Tuberculosis 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z He came with three wishes for this life: to care for people with leprosy, to die a martyr and to be buried in the Franciscan habit. Why this man could become Zimbabwe's first Catholic saint 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z It’s about consistency, whether it’s on access and pricing, tackling public health problems like malaria and leprosy, or being a responsible actor on social problems, human rights, gender equality. Vas Narasimhan of Novartis: ‘We Are Not at All Prepared for a Pandemic’ 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z It said the government failed to stop the segregation until 1996, decades after leprosy became curable in the late 1940s. Japan court orders compensation for kin of leprosy patients 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z It said the government failed to stop the segregation until 1996, decades after leprosy became curable in the late 1940s. Japan court orders compensation for kin of leprosy patients 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z For Macron, Le Pen represents the “leprosy” of nationalism that is eating the EU from within. Countries to watch as divided Europe chooses its parliament 2019-05-26T04:00:00Z It rounded up thousands of leprosy patients and forced them to live in sanatoriums located in mountains or on remote islands. Japan apologises to people forcibly sterilised under defunct eugenics law 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z The therapy – known as leprosy post-exposure prophylaxis – is the first major breakthrough in leprosy since multi-drug therapy was introduced as a treatment in the 1980s. 'The harder you look the more you find': Nepal's hidden leprosy | Rebecca Ratcliffe 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z More than 12,000 leprosy patients were kept at 14 isolated sanatoriums across the country. Japan court orders compensation for kin of leprosy patients 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z More than 12,000 leprosy patients were kept at 14 isolated sanatoriums across the country. Japan court orders compensation for kin of leprosy patients 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z Published in 1998, it tells the story, based on a historical incident, of a 19th-century Hawaiian couple whose lives are sundered by leprosy. W.S. Merwin, Poet of Life’s Evanescence, Dies at 91 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z Despite significant work, an estimated 3 million people around the world are living with disability from leprosy. Leprosy: the world’s oldest human-rights issue 2019-03-03T05:00:00Z She begged her mother not to ask for a discount on local buses which, as a person affected by leprosy, she was entitled to receive. 'The harder you look the more you find': Nepal's hidden leprosy | Rebecca Ratcliffe 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z But the hundreds of giant Moai statues dominating the hillsides are facing the threat of what locals ominously describe as a kind of “leprosy” – white spots that are appearing on the figures’ facades. Easter Island looks for help to save statues from 'leprosy' 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z Forgotten diseases take a heavy toll: schistosomiasis, filariasis, leprosy, even plague, the Black Death of the Middle Ages, which returns like clockwork every fall—last year in the most fearsome outbreak ever. A prescription for Madagascar’s broken health system: data and a focus on details 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z They found leprosy in a Northern Virginia resident who had traveled to Haiti. Perspective | Her biotech firm solves medical mysteries. (And no, it’s not Theranos.) 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z He hopes that when ‘zero leprosy’ is reached, the quest to eradicate it is not forgotten. Leprosy: the world’s oldest human-rights issue 2019-03-03T05:00:00Z But she will need to be honest about her condition: discriminatory laws mean it is forbidden for a person to “deceptively marry or arrange marriage” with a person who is affected by leprosy. 'The harder you look the more you find': Nepal's hidden leprosy | Rebecca Ratcliffe 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z Still, leprosy is rare in the United States — with fewer than 250 new cases reported each year. A Man Discovers He Has a Disease Most People Thought No Longer Existed 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z Referring to Italy’s populist leaders, he criticized a “nationalist leprosy” eating away at Europe’s unity and said European Union members should “behave better toward partners.” France: Italy ambassador recall is an important warning 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z They called them factions and thought they were akin to leprosy. Colorado Editorial Roundup 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z Philanthropist Yohei Sasakawa, a passionate advocate for people with leprosy, calls it “the oldest continuing human rights issue in the history of mankind”. Leprosy: the world’s oldest human-rights issue 2019-03-03T05:00:00Z Paniya was eventually diagnosed at a local hospital with leprosy, one of the oldest recorded diseases. 'The harder you look the more you find': Nepal's hidden leprosy | Rebecca Ratcliffe 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z Research and development grants helping lesser-known illnesses - such as diarrhoeal diseases, dengue and leprosy - are also included. 'New record' in global health funding 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z In 1483, King Louis XI of France, a paranoid religious fanatic, reportedly imbibed meals of blood collected from healthy children—a vain attempt to stave off his imminent death from leprosy. The History of Blood 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z It was soon clear that TB was a major disease in Nepal's hills, far commoner and more deadly than leprosy, which the team also diagnosed and treated. The pioneering medics who drove across the world 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z Sasakawa begins by recounting how, in his twenties, he saw his father extend his hand to a man infected with leprosy. Leprosy: the world’s oldest human-rights issue 2019-03-03T05:00:00Z The tools for diagnosing leprosy are also limited. 'The harder you look the more you find': Nepal's hidden leprosy | Rebecca Ratcliffe 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z In south Asia, and in India, in particular, vitiligo was once confused with the infectious disease leprosy, which is endemic in the region. Vitiligo’s impact is in the eye of the beholder 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z Nationalism and hate were spreading “like leprosy all around Europe”, he declared last summer. At home and abroad, Emmanuel Macron ploughs lonely furrow 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z Europe was caught between “dismemberment by the leprosy of nationalism, and being pushed around by outside powers,” he said. Macron Hopes WWI Ceremonies Warn of Nationalism’s Dangers. Is Anyone Listening? 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z So, although the number of people with leprosy has declined, Sasakawa explains that the disease will be vanquished only when “the number of people who discriminate against people affected by the disease also diminishes”. Leprosy: the world’s oldest human-rights issue 2019-03-03T05:00:00Z Yesterday, a guest on Fox News claimed that migrants traveling toward the US will “infect our people” with smallpox, leprosy, and tuberculosis. Migrant caravans won’t bring disease — anti-vaxxers will 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z The cramped trailers sit in a row behind a cemetery for former leprosy patients. Special Report: A child poisoned in military housing, a family left... 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z For eight years, Dr. Meyers visited villages throughout the region, treating people and helping once-shunned leprosy patients return to their original homes. Wayne M. Meyers, researcher and doctor who treated leprosy patients in Africa, dies at 94 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z When Bob Hugin joined Celgene in 1999 as its chief financial officer, the company was a struggling biotech that sold just one product — a leprosy drug — and faced a shaky future. A G.O.P. Senate Candidate Highlights His Drug Industry Career. Should He? 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z After reading Sasakawa’s powerful account, I am confident that we will consign leprosy to history. Leprosy: the world’s oldest human-rights issue 2019-03-03T05:00:00Z However, a 2013 paper by Chansa Chomba with the Zambia Wildlife Authority, notes that hippo meat is rarely eaten in the area due to a local belief that consuming hippo can cause leprosy. How many hippos are too many? Proposed cull raises questions 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z The site is a former leprosy colony, where researchers found an effective treatment for the disfiguring disease in the 1940s. Special Report: A child poisoned in military housing, a family left... 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z It is a bacterial infection similar to leprosy and tuberculosis but affects five times as many people worldwide as TB. Wayne M. Meyers, researcher and doctor who treated leprosy patients in Africa, dies at 94 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z Thalidomide was generating intense excitement in the medical world, and from the start the company made clear it would not stop at treating leprosy. A G.O.P. Senate Candidate Highlights His Drug Industry Career. Should He? 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z Sasakawa summarizes his commitment perfectly, saying that wherever he goes, he has “consistently conveyed three simple messages: that leprosy is curable, that treatment is free, and that it is wrong to discriminate”. Leprosy: the world’s oldest human-rights issue 2019-03-03T05:00:00Z Scientists have suspected that armadillos could harbor and transmit the bacterium responsible for leprosy, known as Mycobacterium leprae, since the 1970s. Humans Gave Leprosy to Armadillos. Now, They’re Giving It Back 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z He was one of three people abducted from the center, which treated people suffering from leprosy. Ohioan went to Vietnam in ‘61 as missionary; still missing 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z “If you understand leprosy,” Marty said, “you understand all infectious diseases.” Wayne M. Meyers, researcher and doctor who treated leprosy patients in Africa, dies at 94 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z In 1998, Celgene’s application was approved to treat erythema nodosum leprosum, a complication of leprosy, which is extremely rare in the United States. A G.O.P. Senate Candidate Highlights His Drug Industry Career. Should He? 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z In a speech in Brittany, Mr Macron said anti-EU feeling was rising "a bit like a leprosy all across Europe", including in "neighbouring countries" - without specifically naming any one nation. Italy to seize NGO ships amid migrant row 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z But new research warns against the practice—it could give you leprosy. Humans Gave Leprosy to Armadillos. Now, They’re Giving It Back 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z Swiss researchers said DNA taken from a fifth-century victim of the disease in Essex revealed the same strain of leprosy carried by red squirrels today. Red squirrels linked to medieval leprosy 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z Gamal, he said, lives a life much like his character’s - his leprosy was cured but not before it deformed him as a child - with the exception that he maintains a good relationship with his family. An Egyptian leper is 1 of the breakout stars of Cannes 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z "Frankly, it's medieval - it's the way we used to look at people who had leprosy or the plague." Helping teens where shootings are 'normal' 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z Statues of Queen Liliuokalani, Hawaii’s last monarch, and Saint Damien, a Catholic priest who cared for leprosy patients, stand outside the State Capitol building. Obama statue sought by Hawaii state Senate committee 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z In Pará, the prevalence of leprosy in armadillos is more than three times higher. Humans Gave Leprosy to Armadillos. Now, They’re Giving It Back 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z Scientists at the University of Zurich took samples of leprosy DNA from 90 Europeans with skeletal deformations characteristic of the disease from 400 AD to 1,400 AD. Red squirrels linked to medieval leprosy 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z One of her sisters, for example, started a clinic for leprosy patients in Ecuador, and another ran an orphanage in Omaha. Sisters of Sister Jean Embrace Her Loyola Team and Marvel at Her Fame 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z But it is home to a painful legacy — that of thousands of people with Hansen’s disease, or leprosy, who were once banished there to live and die in exile. How Hawaii’s lepers were once exiled to an isolated settlement 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z In the 1950s, it rounded up thousands of leprosy patients and forced them to live in sanatoriums located in mountains or on remote islands. Japanese woman sues government over forced sterilisation 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z Probably because Brazilian people have higher rates of leprosy, too, Spencer says. Humans Gave Leprosy to Armadillos. Now, They’re Giving It Back 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z From the fragments they reconstructed 10 new genomes - complete genetic codes - of medieval Mycobacterium leprae, the bug that causes leprosy. Red squirrels linked to medieval leprosy 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z The proportion disfigured by leprosy, blinded by diseases like trachoma or suffering from other ailments also fell. Opinion | Why 2017 Was the Best Year in Human History 2018-01-06T05:00:00Z So you’ll find a gap-toothed skull and plenty of bacteria, like the ones that cause plague and leprosy. Explore ancient civilizations (and their diseases) in this delightful coloring book 2017-12-17T05:00:00Z The infectious disease is caused by bacteria mainly spread when untreated leprosy patients cough or sneeze. Guinea worm, river blindness and elephantiasis are among the world's neglected tropical diseases. A battle is on to wipe them out 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z The U.S. documents around 200 cases of leprosy each year—only around 25 percent of which are associated with armadillos. Humans Gave Leprosy to Armadillos. Now, They’re Giving It Back 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z It was this leprosy genome, the oldest yet constructed, that contained the red squirrel clue. Red squirrels linked to medieval leprosy 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z Nigeria's most famous victim of leprosy was fatally injured in a motor accident 40 years ago, and a ceremony is being held to mark the anniversary of the music composer's death. The man who composed hymns from a leper colony 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z Instead, she went on leave to spend 18 months at a hospital where cases included leprosy and the plague. Nurse answered call to serve at Vietnam civilian hospital 2017-11-11T05:00:00Z He said to the Italian newspaper La Repubblica: “Heads of the church have often been narcissists, flattered and thrilled by their courtiers. The court is the leprosy of the papacy.” The war against Pope Francis 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z “People brought leprosy from Europe, with the ships that came from the colonizers,” Spencer says. Humans Gave Leprosy to Armadillos. Now, They’re Giving It Back 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z Many parasitic diseases, such as dengue fever and leprosy, are not common in developed countries, but others exist in the United States. Maggots, worms, amoebas: Animal Planet explores ‘criminal acts’ of parasites 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z Before then, he had been receiving treatment at a hospital in Port Harcourt, capital city of his home state of Rivers in the Niger Delta, which had a thriving leprosy ward. The man who composed hymns from a leper colony 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z Neither were patients with bubonic plague or leprosy, although Mullin explained that those two diseases weren’t as horrifying as they sound. Nurse answered call to serve at Vietnam civilian hospital 2017-11-11T05:00:00Z The infection rates for armadillos varies by location, ranging from slightly more than 20 percent to 5 percent, said Ramanuj Lahiri, a Louisiana based biochemist who specializes in leprosy research. Experts: Armadillos unlikely to carry leprosy to Kansas 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z The researchers tested 146 local residents and found that 92 of them had antibodies to the leprosy bacteria, suggesting broad exposure. Humans Gave Leprosy to Armadillos. Now, They’re Giving It Back 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z For Edwards, the contrast between the old and new guard of royals was epitomised by a visit Diana made to a leprosy hospital in Nigeria in 1990. Diana's embrace: The legacy she left her sons - BBC News 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z Soon, books of Whyte's hymns were being sold in different churches across the region, and choirs from around Nigeria were visiting the leprosy centre to listen to and learn from him. The man who composed hymns from a leper colony 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z Diana continued to raise awareness about the severe skin condition by visiting leprosy hospitals and missions in Nepal, Zimbabwe, and India. How Princess Diana's Humanitarian Causes Have Fared, 20 Years On 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z Lahiri says it isn’t known how leprosy is transmitted but with armadillos it’s probably from direct human contact with an infected animal’s flesh or blood. Experts: Armadillos unlikely to carry leprosy to Kansas 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z Fortunately for people in the southern United States, only around one-fifth of the nine-banded armadillos there seem to carry signs of leprosy. Humans Gave Leprosy to Armadillos. Now, They’re Giving It Back 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z Ruth Pfau, who lived in Pakistan for more than 50 years, set up 150 leprosy clinics across the country. Ruth Pfau: State funeral for Pakistan's 'Mother Teresa' - BBC News 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z People suffering from leprosy were often isolated or driven away from their communities. The man who composed hymns from a leper colony 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z Once leprosy was declared under control, the center also focused on tuberculosis, blindness and other diseases and on disabilities, some caused by land mines in war-torn Afghanistan. Dr. Ruth Pfau, Savior of Lepers in Pakistan, Dies at 87 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z Lahiri said researchers believe most people, about 95 percent of them, are naturally immune to leprosy. Experts: Armadillos unlikely to carry leprosy to Kansas 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z And while it’s true that armadillos can serve as a reservoir for leprosy that can sometimes spill back into humans, it’s worth noting that we gave them the disease first. Humans Gave Leprosy to Armadillos. Now, They’re Giving It Back 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z With support from German donors, Dr. Pfau and her colleagues managed to bring leprosy largely into submission. Known as the Mother Teresa of Pakistan, she helped defeat one of the most stigmatized diseases in human history 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z His first wife, who also had leprosy, had abandoned him there a few years earlier after she was cured, leaving him with their two children. The man who composed hymns from a leper colony 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z The German consulate in Karachi declared, “It was due to her endless struggle that Pakistan defeated leprosy.” Dr. Ruth Pfau, Savior of Lepers in Pakistan, Dies at 87 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z The chances of someone contracting leprosy, officially called Hansen’s Disease, from a Kansas armadillo are “extremely remote,” he said. Experts: Armadillos unlikely to carry leprosy to Kansas 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z Her efforts meant that in 1996 Pakistan became one of the first countries in Asia to be declared free of leprosy. Ruth Pfau: Pakistan's 'Mother Teresa' dies aged 87 - BBC News 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z Millions of new leprosy cases are going undiagnosed and untreated, 15 years after one of the world’s most feared and infamous diseases was declared to be virtually eliminated. Shadow of leprosy falls again as experts claim millions of cases go undiagnosed 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z "I was breaking bounds to go to the leprosy colony to listen to his music, to sing with his choir," said Mr Achinivu. The man who composed hymns from a leper colony 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z Dr. Ruth Pfau, a German-born medical missionary who was hailed as the “Mother Teresa of Pakistan” for her pivotal role in containing leprosy there, died on Thursday in a hospital in Karachi. Dr. Ruth Pfau, Savior of Lepers in Pakistan, Dies at 87 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z Lahiri’s group said leprosy is “very rare” in the U.S., with often fewer than 200 new cases annually. Experts: Armadillos unlikely to carry leprosy to Kansas 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z Rather, she argues that people with leprosy, especially those without money to pay for expensive personal doctors, would often bring themselves voluntarily to leprosaria. The Real History Behind That Gruesome Greyscale Treatment on 'Game of Thrones' 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z This would suggest that leprosy not only continues to spread, but is also often left untreated. Shadow of leprosy falls again as experts claim millions of cases go undiagnosed 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z "My family were afraid that I would catch leprosy but I still went. I had no fear. The force of music was so strong." The man who composed hymns from a leper colony 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z She soon transformed it into the hub of a network of 157 medical centers that treated tens of thousands of Pakistanis infected with leprosy. Dr. Ruth Pfau, Savior of Lepers in Pakistan, Dies at 87 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z Thalomid, another name for thalidomide, a drug prescribed for morning sickness in the 1950s and 1960s that caused severe birth defects, was approved by the agency in 1998 for treating leprosy. Pharmaceutical company Celgene settles suit for $280 million 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z The key question is how ostracism fits into the history of leprosy in Europe. The Real History Behind That Gruesome Greyscale Treatment on 'Game of Thrones' 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z The goal of the elimination programme was to get the rate of people being treated for leprosy to fewer than one in 10,000 of the population. Shadow of leprosy falls again as experts claim millions of cases go undiagnosed 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z In 1998, the Food and Drug Administration approved it for use in patients with a complication of leprosy, albeit with severe restrictions intended to prevent it from getting into the hands of pregnant women. Celgene to Pay $280 Million to Settle Fraud Suit Over Cancer Drugs 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z Others translate auditory information into tactile sensation for the deaf or use sounds to supply missing haptic information for burn victims and leprosy patients. Seeing with Your Tongue 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z Because Thalomid would only be useful to a fraction of the few hundred leprosy cases diagnosed in the U.S. each year, the company developed a plan to promote the drug for cancer, the lawsuit said. Pharmaceutical company Celgene settles suit for $280 million 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z So why is still common to believe that people with leprosy were banished? The Real History Behind That Gruesome Greyscale Treatment on 'Game of Thrones' 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z Fake medicines for life-threatening conditions, including breast cancer, bone cancer and leprosy were also taken. The slimming pills that put me in hospital - BBC News 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z Davey said the disease is “highly stigmatised, probably more so than leprosy”, with sufferers often hidden away in communities, where it is seen as a curse. Health push in Uganda after mystery disease turns out to be 'mossy foot' 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z The theatre was set up to operate on the paralysed hands of leprosy patients. The art of surgery: life drawing and leprosy 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z Between 1907 and 1959 Peel Island, off the coast of Brisbane, Australia, was a quarantined hospital for people with leprosy - many lived in very poor conditions. Robots and drones map site of former leprosy colony - BBC News 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z And as plague-related quarantine regulations took hold, the epidemic of leprosy in Europe was already on the wane. The Real History Behind That Gruesome Greyscale Treatment on 'Game of Thrones' 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z Hawaii Five-0 While working a murder case, the squad discovers that a former Nazi war criminal may be hiding out in an old leprosy colony on the islands. Friday's TV Highlights: The CW's 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' on KTLA 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z It remains unclear at what point during or following his pilgrimage the man contracted leprosy. Skeleton offers clues to medieval spread of leprosy - BBC News 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Like many infectious diseases that predominantly affect those in poverty, leprosy is alive and well; there were more than 200,000 new cases were reported in 2015. The art of surgery: life drawing and leprosy 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z A team of architectural and robotic researchers are using drones and specialised robots to map former leprosy colony. Robots and drones map site of former leprosy colony - BBC News 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z In medieval literature, says Robert Rouse, who teaches the subject at the University of British Columbia, leprosy is a disease with heavy connotations. The Real History Behind That Gruesome Greyscale Treatment on 'Game of Thrones' 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z To Kalaupapa, Hawaii, to meet the last residents of a colony to which those with leprosy, also known as Hansen’s disease, were once relegated. Seeing America Through Ángel Franco’s Eyes 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z "From the 11th Century to the 14th Century in Western Europe we get an unprecedented rise in the foundation of leprosy hospitals," he said. Skeleton offers clues to medieval spread of leprosy - BBC News 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z An entire family collecting hay, typical of the sort of agricultural society that many of the leprosy patients work in. The art of surgery: life drawing and leprosy 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z It is possible that certain genetic variants increase susceptibility to leprosy while also increasing the risk of Crohn's disease. Genetics: Clues in the code : Nature : Nature Research 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z And, though leprosaria — hospitals or group homes for people with leprosy — were usually placed just outside the boundaries of cities and towns, they were not actually all that separate. The Real History Behind That Gruesome Greyscale Treatment on 'Game of Thrones' 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z He is said to have been ill prior to his death in 1329, with some accounts suggesting he had leprosy. Reconstructed face of Robert the Bruce to be unveiled - BBC News 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z The country’s legal code offers a notably narrow selection of divorce-worthy faults, among them cruelty, incurable leprosy and renunciation of the world by entering religious orders. Divorce, India Style: It’s All Up to the Judge 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z "We took samples from those squirrels, investigated further and we found that the squirrels on Brownsea Island were also infected with leprosy, and it's the human form of the disease," she said. UK red squirrels carry 'a form of leprosy' - scientists - BBC News 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z In people who are susceptible to leprosy, the immune system overlooks the bacterium and enables the infection to become established. Genetics: Clues in the code : Nature : Nature Research 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z In some places, laws barred those with leprosy from inheriting property, for example. The Real History Behind That Gruesome Greyscale Treatment on 'Game of Thrones' 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z For his skin tones, Prof Wilkinson said they produced two versions; one without leprosy and one with a mild representation of leprosy. Reconstructed face of Robert the Bruce to be unveiled - BBC News 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z Nine other squirrels gathered in Ireland and Scotland were found to harbor Mycobacterium lepromatosis, a more dangerous form of leprosy discovered in 2008 and previously known to infect only humans in Mexico and the Caribbean. Squirrel Nutkin Could Have Had Leprosy, Study Finds 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z To do this the researchers analysed the DNA sequences of the squirrel leprosy genomes and used this data to generate a leprosy family tree. UK red squirrels carry 'a form of leprosy' - scientists - BBC News 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z NOD2 and roughly a dozen other genetic factors associated with IBD, particularly Crohn's disease, are also associated with susceptibility to tuberculosis and leprosy. Genetics: Clues in the code : Nature : Nature Research 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z But overall, more recent historical work debunks the idea that complete exclusion from society was the dominant response to leprosy. The Real History Behind That Gruesome Greyscale Treatment on 'Game of Thrones' 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z “He never stayed in the parish office. He got on his mule and went out to find people like a priest of the street — to the point of getting leprosy,” Francis wrote. Pope Francis Makes Argentina's 'Gaucho Priest' and 6 Others Saints 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z "He never stayed in the parish office. He got on his mule and went out to find people like a priest of the street, to the point of getting leprosy," Pope Francis wrote. Pope Francis canonises Argentina's 'gaucho priest' - BBC News 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z Related bacteria branch together, and the Brownsea Island leprosy bug's closest relatives were bacteria circulating in humans in medieval Europe. UK red squirrels carry 'a form of leprosy' - scientists - BBC News 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z He contracted leprosy while visiting the sick, and the disease eventually killed him in 1914. Priests, martyrs and mystic nun proclaimed new Catholic saints 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z "He never stayed in the parish office, he got on his mule and went out to find people like a priest of the street — to the point of getting leprosy," Francis wrote. Pope to canonize 'gaucho priest,' earlier version of himself 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z “He never stayed in the parish office, he got on his mule and went out to find people like a priest of the street — to the point of getting leprosy,” Francis wrote. Pope to canonize 'gaucho priest,' earlier version of himself 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z My Peace Corps partner, Kaye Murray Devanna, who worked with leprosy patients in the villages, and I attended most of them. Lois Estock Antal: The Peace Corps Experience 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Following this initial report of the disease, the public alerted the Edinburgh-based researchers to cases of lesions that looked suspiciously like leprosy in other populations of red squirrels across the UK. UK red squirrels carry 'a form of leprosy' - scientists - BBC News 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z One case confirmed: There is now a confirmed leprosy case at a Riverside County school, but officials are urging calm. A new look for L.A.'s trendy Arts District 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z Cole said national health guidelines don’t consider schools or workplaces the types of environments where leprosy is likely to be transmitted. Health officials confirm Riverside child has leprosy 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z In the meantime, County health officials took steps to dispel some myths about leprosy. Health Highlights: Sept. 23, 2016 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z The U.S. only sees about 150 leprosy cases each year and 95% of the population is naturally immune to it. California Elementary School Student Diagnosed With Leprosy 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z So squirrels living in different parts of the UK were infected with different species of leprosy. UK red squirrels carry 'a form of leprosy' - scientists - BBC News 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Riverside County health officials scramble to reassure parents after leprosy is diagnosed in an elementary school student. 5 California Things to Know for Today 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z Though rare in the U.S., leprosy is widespread in countries such as Brazil and India. Health officials confirm Riverside child has leprosy 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z Although it is still fairly common in developing countries such as India, Brazil, and Angola, the United States records only about 150 cases of leprosy each year, the AP noted. Health Highlights: Sept. 23, 2016 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z A student at a Riverside County elementary school has been found to have leprosy, public health officials said Thursday, though they emphasize that the school and community remain safe. Child at Riverside County school tests positive for leprosy 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z The World Health Organization reports thousands of new cases of human leprosy every year. UK red squirrels carry 'a form of leprosy' - scientists - BBC News 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Public health officials emphasize that it is incredibly difficult to contract leprosy and that there is no danger to the child's classmates. Southern California child tests positive for leprosy 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z The majority of patients reported with leprosy in the United States each year were not born in the U.S. Health officials confirm Riverside child has leprosy 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z Also, despite the widespread notion that leprosy is easily spread, the disease is typically acquired only after prolonged contact with someone infected with the bacterium. Health Highlights: Sept. 23, 2016 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z “It is incredibly difficult to contract leprosy,” said Dr. Cameron Kaiser, Riverside County's public health officer. Child at Riverside County school tests positive for leprosy 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z British red squirrels are infected with two different strains of the bacterium that causes leprosy, according to a study. UK red squirrels carry 'a form of leprosy' - scientists - BBC News 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z The U.S. sees only about 150 leprosy cases occur each year. Southern California child tests positive for leprosy 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Approximately 95% of the population is naturally immune to the bacteria that cause leprosy. Health officials confirm Riverside child has leprosy 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z But even if they were guaranteed to give you full-body leprosy, she'd not hesitate to keep getting them, such is her hatred of this legacy of her youthful carefree sunshine days. ‘Facekini’-Wearing Chinese Stand Up for the Right to Bare Nothing 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Public health officials emphasized that leprosy is not easily transmitted and that there is no danger to the child's classmates. Child at Riverside County school tests positive for leprosy 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z One of these was obtained from the skeleton of a leprosy victim who died and was buried in Winchester more than 700 years ago. UK red squirrels carry 'a form of leprosy' - scientists - BBC News 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z But when the results were sent to a laboratory in Louisiana that specializes in leprosy tests, only one of them tested positive. Southern California child tests positive for leprosy 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z In the same year, however, the World Health Organisation declared leprosy officially eradicated. Vaccine brings new hope to India's largest leprosy colony - BBC News 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z Cole said that national health guidelines don’t consider schools or workplaces the types of environments where leprosy is likely to be transmitted. Two possible cases of leprosy reported at Riverside elementary school 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z The U.S. sees only about 150 leprosy cases each year, and more than 95% of the population is naturally immune to it. Child at Riverside County school tests positive for leprosy 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z "We found that they were suffering from a form of leprosy," Prof Anna Meredith from the University of Edinburgh told the BBC's Science in Action. UK red squirrels carry 'a form of leprosy' - scientists - BBC News 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z “The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis but rather the feeling of being unwanted,” she is quoted as saying in a 1971 biography. Pope Francis is unafraid of controversy — or quantity — when minting saints 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z "The role of the council is to test it in different conditions, for the healing of lesions and among people in contact with leprosy patients. This isn't a trial, it is field implementation research." Vaccine brings new hope to India's largest leprosy colony - BBC News 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z In 1988, Swapan Pal found shelter in a home where nuns of the Missionaries of Charity cared for people like him who suffered from leprosy and were shunned by their families and communities. Kolkata remembers Mother Teresa on the eve of sainthood 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z The EU court rejected an appeal from an Italian tribunal over a European Commission order to destroy all olive trees potentially infected with the Xylella fastidiosa pathogen, called "olive tree leprosy". European ruling on olive tree cull sparks fear in Italy 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z There are two species of bacterium that cause leprosy: Mycobacterium leprae, which is often referred to as "human leprosy", and a recently described species that also infects humans, called Mycobacterium lepromatosis. UK red squirrels carry 'a form of leprosy' - scientists - BBC News 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Little is known about how the leprosy bacteria, which causes swelling and hair loss to the ears, muzzle and feet, is spread among red squirrels. Brownsea Island red squirrel leprosy study - BBC News 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z He now lives in a concrete hut in Tahirpur, a government appointed leprosy colony on the outskirts of north Delhi. Vaccine brings new hope to India's largest leprosy colony - BBC News 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z The health department oversees the settlement, though only a few former leprosy patients live there. Hawaii official who died after crash wore infant life vest 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z “The difference is, of course, that non-cancer patients get looked upon as weak, and non-desirable and untouchable, as if they have leprosy,” he said. Young and aching: U of M students suffer from chronic pain 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z The museum will feature virtual and interactive exhibits that detail the stories of the two saints, who both served leprosy patients quarantined on the island of Molokai. Religion news in brief 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z The museum will feature virtual and interactive exhibits that detail the stories of the two saints, who both served thousands of Hansen’s disease, or leprosy, patients quarantined in settlements at Kalaupapa, Molokai. Honolulu church’s $25 million project to honor 2 saints 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z The leprosy began when he was six, he says. Vaccine brings new hope to India's largest leprosy colony - BBC News 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z Also in Kathmandu, in a hospital for leprosy patients, he met a young woman whose life was changed by wind-up radios distributed by NGOs for education purposes in remote parts of Nepal. Cycling doctor declares world better than expected - BBC News 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z Health officials say Florida typically sees between two and 12 cases of leprosy each year. Panama City doctor confirms case of leprosy 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z Not to be excluded were Mexican newcomers, repeatedly denounced for bringing tropical scourges such as dengue fever, hepatitis, parasitic diseases, and periodically even leprosy. The Long History of Discrimination in American Health Scares 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z “I was also seeing a lot of leprosy” – at least 16 cases in one community. Papua New Guinea villagers eat clay and toxic mushrooms as severe drought hits 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z There are also genetic markers that appear to be connected to resistance against such diseases as leprosy and tuberculosis. Ancient DNA shows Stone Age humans evolved quickly as they took up farming 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z It’s not like he’s got some addiction or leprosy or something. Brian Williams to return from hiatus to anchor coverage of pope's US visit 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z Health officials say it’s the first case of leprosy in Bay County. Panama City doctor confirms case of leprosy 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z The highly visible horrors of bodily corruption, notably infectious scourges like smallpox and leprosy, prompt aversive sentiments and even flight. The Long History of Discrimination in American Health Scares 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z He visited a leprosy center and met with religious leaders, and he celebrated Mass in the cities of Santa Clara, Camaguey, Santiago and Havana, at the Plaza of the Revolution. A look at the history of the Catholic Church in Cuba as Francis becomes 3rd pope to visit 2015-09-19T04:00:00Z The authenticity of the American Dream soon vanished when he contracted a physical affliction causing lesion-like sores on his skin and face, later diagnosed as leprosy. Marshall professor making anti-discrimination film 2015-08-29T04:00:00Z Working at Subway years ago, a customer asked to be served “by someone without leprosy.” White Lake Township artist paints with melted crayons 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z The World Health Organization says leprosy is a chronic disease caused by a slowly multiplying bacillus. Panama City doctor confirms case of leprosy 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z “People would put on gloves and not want to touch me because they thought it was, like, leprosy or something,” she said in the interview. Cara Delevingne Says the Modeling Industry Made Her 'Hate' Her Body 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z In 1998, the FDA approved the drug for the treatment of lesions from leprosy. Frances Oldham Kelsey, heroine of thalidomide tragedy, dies at 101 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z The stories are based on some anecdotal comments from a local health official, not even a leprosy expert. Are armadillos the greatest threat to civilization? 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z Armadillos are the only animal to carry leprosy, a bacterial disease that affects the skin and nerves. Armadillos blamed for rise in leprosy cases in Florida - BBC News 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z His memoir, “In the Sanctuary of Outcasts,” details White’s conviction for bank fraud and his incarceration at the Federal Medical Center in Carville, Louisiana, which also housed more than 100 men and women with leprosy. Nautilus Publishing’s success goes back to a kitchen table 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z Related: What Greyscale on Game of Thrones has in common with leprosy. Physics Week in Review: June 20, 2015 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z The strain of leprosy he carries dates to the fifth or sixth century A.D. Skeleton Points to Early Leprosy in England 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z Now armadillos are apparently spreading the ancient scourge of leprosy in Florida. Are armadillos the greatest threat to civilization? 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z While the risk of contracting leprosy from an armadillo is low, health officials advise against touching the animals. Armadillos blamed for rise in leprosy cases in Florida - BBC News 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z Destruction of the thin, tube-like bones of the feet is a common finding in leprosy, as are the lesions on his lower legs. Earliest Case of Leprosy In Britain Reveals Scandinavian Origins Of The Disease 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z The patients at the site - who chose to continue living at Kalaupapa after the mandatory exile of leprosy patients there was lifted by the state in 1969 - range in age from 92 to 73. Remote home of leprosy patients could open door wider 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z DNA and isotope analyses confirm the leprosy diagnosis and suggest that the man was originally from southern Scandinavia, possibly the region that is now Denmark. Skeleton Points to Early Leprosy in England 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z And national leprosy rates have actually fallen since 1994, according to the CDC. Are armadillos the greatest threat to civilization? 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z Health officials in Florida are warning people to avoid contact with armadillos after a recent rise in leprosy cases linked to the armoured creatures. Armadillos blamed for rise in leprosy cases in Florida - BBC News 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z Migrating from northern Europe into England at some point after childhood, this man brought a new strain of leprosy with him. Earliest Case of Leprosy In Britain Reveals Scandinavian Origins Of The Disease 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z The patients at the site — who chose to continue living at Kalaupapa after the mandatory exile of leprosy patients there was lifted by the state in 1969 — range in age from 92 to 73. Remote home of leprosy patients could open door wider 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z "There were some strong reactions from the leprosy community and disbelief," says Xiang-Yang Han, a microbiologist at The University of Texas who discovered that leprosy is caused by two bacterial species. Genetic analysis clears up the evolutionary mystery surrounding leprosy 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z There were three cases of leprosy reported last week in Florida, two linked to armadillo contact. Leprosy Isn't Gone -- And Women Bear The Burden 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z Another concern is that once a disease has been curbed, as happened with leprosy, politicians and health officials put a tick in the box, forget about it, and it comes back, Croft said. Diseases affecting the poorest can be eliminated, scientists say 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z When they did, they discovered that a disease was plaguing the man: leprosy. Earliest Case of Leprosy In Britain Reveals Scandinavian Origins Of The Disease 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Some people with leprosy or elephantiasis, which can severely disfigure the body, may become socially ostracized and be unable to marry. World must tackle neglected diseases to end hunger 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z In 2006, he warned that immigrants entering the U.S. border are bringing “Third World diseases” along with them, including polio and leprosy. How Texas could give up on its DREAM 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z Despite the availability of free multi-drug therapy, some countries, especially Brazil, continue to treat some forms of leprosy with thalidomide. Leprosy Isn't Gone -- And Women Bear The Burden 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z And accounts from Spanish conquistadors spoke of seeing ulcers on people living in the jungles or mountains that looked like the lesions of leprosy. Think Like a Doctor: A Hideous Sore Solved 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z A group of researchers from the Netherlands and the UK recently found the earliest evidence of leprosy in Britain in the skeletal remains of an Anglo-Saxon warrior. Earliest Case of Leprosy In Britain Reveals Scandinavian Origins Of The Disease 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Vultures seem to suffer no ill effects even when they are exposed to leprosy. Vultures could hold key to deadly bacteria 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z The Bible tells of when Jesus healed 10 men from leprosy at a time. REBECCA HAGELIN & KRISTIN CAREY: Let Thanksgiving Day spur daily thanksgiving 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z For example, through its emphasis on nondiscrimination, it has reduced the stigma of leprosy in some countries, encouraging people to get early treatment, which is curative. Leprosy Isn't Gone -- And Women Bear The Burden 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z They called it white leprosy or Andean sickness. Think Like a Doctor: A Hideous Sore Solved 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z Even more exciting is their discovery that this man introduced leprosy into the country from Scandinavia. Earliest Case of Leprosy In Britain Reveals Scandinavian Origins Of The Disease 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z The U.S.’s largest leprosy clinic is located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Solnit’s profile of what goes on there is informative and inspiring. Sorting Fact From Fiction and What the Best Science Writing Can Teach Us 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z Doctors should be aware that leprosy is still present in the United States, she said. Leprosy Still Occurs in U.S., CDC Reports 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z Sri Lanka has eliminated leprosy, in part by implementing this. Leprosy Isn't Gone -- And Women Bear The Burden 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z She recalled stringing tin-can telephones between their houses so they could chat — and how their fathers built a compound for people with leprosy together. A Quiet Approach to Bringing Down Malaria 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z Did debilitating leprosy complicate this individual’s ability to be a man? Earliest Case of Leprosy In Britain Reveals Scandinavian Origins Of The Disease 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z The Malian facility, housed at a former leprosy institute, is an offshoot of the Center for Vaccine Development that Levine founded at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore in 1974. U-Md. plays role in Ebola vaccine test in Africa 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z Infections are mostly confined to areas where leprosy is still found, such as in Texas and Louisiana, according to past research. Leprosy Still Occurs in U.S., CDC Reports 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z We sorely need better methods of diagnosing leprosy, and outreach to explain that leprosy is neither the curse of G-d nor a death sentence. Leprosy Isn't Gone -- And Women Bear The Burden 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z Together those 17, which include tuberculosis, rabies, leprosy, river blindness, sleeping sickness and parasitic worm infections, affect more than 1.4 billion of the world's poorest people across Africa, Asia and Latin America. Ebola is in America – and, finally, within range of Big Pharma 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z A linebacker in Colorado can limp into the locker room with dislocated fingers, twisted ligaments and blood bruises like leprosy splotches. Marijuana Seeps Into Some Colorado Pregame Rituals 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z Just outside Freetown in Lakka, a new Ebola isolation unit is almost open, on property shared by a tuberculosis hospital and housing for sufferers of leprosy. It was already the worst Ebola outbreak in history. Now it’s moving into Africa’s cities. "The rates of leprosy in people born overseas is going down," Nolen said. Leprosy Still Occurs in U.S., CDC Reports 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z This would be an achievable first step as we try to reduce gender disparities and the marked discrimination against people with leprosy. Leprosy Isn't Gone -- And Women Bear The Burden 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z The bacteria that cause leprosy, for example, invade certain kinds of neurons and change some of their molecular caps. Parasites Practicing Mind Control 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z Scotland's red squirrels are facing a new threat from a form of leprosy, according to scientists in Edinburgh. Red squirrels face leprosy threat 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z Yaser asked me, with the sort of surprise reserved for someone who just acknowledged he has leprosy. Making His U.S. Open Debut, Victor Estrella Burgos Is Embraced by Dominicans 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z For example, Elufioye’s research focuses on the medicinal properties of Nigerian plants in the treatment of malaria, cancer, wounds, memory loss and leprosy. Against All Odds: Women in Developing Countries Succeed in STEM Fields 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z One point of note is that leprosy can remain silent and indolent for many years after infection, making it a bit harder to track progress. Leprosy Isn't Gone -- And Women Bear The Burden 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z She was 80 when died of natural causes in 1918 at the remote Kalaupapa peninsula on the island of Molokai, where the Hawaiian kingdom exiled leprosy patients to control the disease. Saint’s remains return to Hawaii permanently 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z There are other maladies on a long scare list - leprosy, dengue fever, tuberculosis, measles, scabies and lice. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z He announced the Japanese businessman, who pumped in far more money than Maxwell himself, as a multimillionaire philanthropist who had “single-handedly funded the eradication of leprosy”. The forgotten story of … Robert Maxwell’s 1986 Commonwealth Games 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z A museum near Piot's home was dedicated to a local saint who worked with leprosy patients, and it was here that he got his first glimpse into the world of disease and microbiology. The virus detective who discovered Ebola 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z Women are hit with a triple whammy from leprosy. Leprosy Isn't Gone -- And Women Bear The Burden 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z The death was attributed to “leprosy” and “disease of the head.” A living tribute to Civil War soldiers “I’m absolutely convinced that leprosy must be thought of as a genetic disease as well as an infectious one,” Dr. Schurr said. Leprosy, Still Claiming Victims 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z And Thalidomide, a drug used as a sedative in the ’50s, is now used to treat leprosy and bone marrow cancer. A 100-year-old drug corrects autistic social behaviors in lab tests 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z "I decided one day to cycle to the museum. The old pictures I saw there of those suffering from leprosy fascinated me," he says. The virus detective who discovered Ebola 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z Progress is steadily being made in reducing leprosy, but it will likely never be totally eliminated, given the bacteria’s persistence in the environment and in armadillos. Leprosy Isn't Gone -- And Women Bear The Burden 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z Jacinto Convit, 100, a much honored physician who played a key role in fighting two of the world’s most feared diseases, leprosy and leishmaniasis, died in Venezuela, the foundation that bears his name announced Monday. The week’s passages 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z Nothing Hansen injected with bacterial samples, including himself, ended up with leprosy. Leprosy, Still Claiming Victims 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z In England, where it’s known by the lowly name pennywort for it’s coin-shaped leaves, it was one of the earliest treatments for leprosy. Latest Anti-Aging Skin Breakthrough: An Ancient Herb 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z Convit combined existing tuberculosis treatment and a bacteria found in armadillos to design a new vaccination against leprosy. Leprosy vaccine scientist dies 2014-05-13T10:49:21Z Researchers wonder why leprosy sometimes pops up without clear exposure to other infected people or to armadillos. Leprosy Isn't Gone -- And Women Bear The Burden 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z In 1987, Convit combined existing tuberculosis treatment and a bacteria found in armadillos to design a new vaccination against leprosy that became used worldwide. Renowned Venezuelan expert on leprosy Jacinto Convit dies 2014-05-12T16:54:08Z Of the 200 cases of leprosy diagnosed annually in the United States, most are thought to stem from contact with armadillos, although the precise route of transmission remains unclear. Leprosy, Still Claiming Victims 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z He referred to illegal immigration as “an invasion” and said, in a 2006 speech, that illegal immigrants were bringing malaria, leprosy and other “Third World diseases” to Texas. As Owners of Roadside Institution Enter Political Fray, Texans Weigh Their Loyalties 2014-03-15T01:09:43Z One patient arrived at the hospital malnourished and suffering from both malaria and leprosy in addition to having a fistula. Seattle group offers new hope for Kenyan women with fistulas 2014-02-03T01:37:53Z The mycobacteria that cause leprosy are slow growing, and have an affinity for peripheral nerves and cooler parts of the body. Leprosy Isn't Gone -- And Women Bear The Burden 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z In a letter to his father he described playing with leprosy patients in Peru. Brazilian football club celebrates Che Guevara link 2013-12-31T01:00:49Z That message resonates with researchers as well, who say that, for all the antiquity and notoriety of the disease, leprosy continues to surprise and confound them. Leprosy, Still Claiming Victims 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z "When I lived in Hoa Van village I didn't have leprosy but my father had it, but because I lived in the village people thought I had leprosy," she said. Vietnam lepers face uncertain future 2013-12-14T01:01:13Z Life sciences » The future of the oceans: Acid testThe Economist explains: Why is it hard to eradicate leprosy?Paleontology: Genetics: Junking the idea of junk 2013-11-28T15:58:36Z The nerve damage from late treated leprosy may make it impossible for them to work or do their care for their families; leprosy has been grounds for divorce until recently. Leprosy Isn't Gone -- And Women Bear The Burden 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z Thalidomide is still being used today to treat illnesses like leprosy and multiple myeloma. Australia Thalidomide case settled 2013-12-02T08:18:07Z The researchers hypothesize that the common ancestor of the two leprosy microbes jumped into our pre-hominid forebears in Africa some 10 million years ago and migrated with us as we colonized the world. Leprosy, Still Claiming Victims 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z With 296 cases reported in 2012, Vietnam has the third highest number of new leprosy cases reported in the Western Pacific behind the Philippines and China. Vietnam lepers face uncertain future 2013-12-14T01:01:13Z "The court is the leprosy of the papacy," he has said. Why did Pope Benedict XVI resign? 2013-11-28T00:49:38Z Now they will give a single dose to all close contacts of people with leprosy in several districts, to see if it reduces disease. Leprosy Isn't Gone -- And Women Bear The Burden 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z Tuberculosis, leprosy, and other communicable but curable diseases still afflict hundreds. Drowning Kiribati 2013-11-21T18:25:49Z New research suggests that the leprosy parasite is a paradox encapsulated — at once rugged and feeble, exacting and inept. Leprosy, Still Claiming Victims 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z I volunteered when I was younger in a children's home in a leprosy centre in India, so I knew about changing nappies and all of that stuff. Disability is not a negative label 2013-11-19T01:05:54Z He said a court atmosphere where Vatican officials act like "courtiers" was "the leprosy of the papacy". Vatican administration needs total overhaul, cardinals tell pope 2013-10-03T15:36:21Z What is so frustrating about the inability to eradicate leprosy, not just in India but globally, is that the disease is treatable. India Ink: India Restarts Battle Against Leprosy 2013-09-12T14:00:22Z Families with money can buy semiprivate rooms, but most patients are provided metal frame beds in large, open spaces, including the leprosy ward, where I counted 15 patients. Drowning Kiribati 2013-11-21T18:25:49Z Under the decree, the state will also pay tuition costs for students who study certain medical specialties, like how to treat tuberculosis and leprosy. Vietnam Seeks to Lure Students to Study Marxism With Free Tuition 2013-08-15T23:36:33Z It will also apply to medical students who want to focus on TB, leprosy, mental illnesses and surgical sciences. Vietnam offers free Marxism courses 2013-08-14T11:27:44Z Overcrowded housing and poor health systems are common to both rural areas and the slums of the cities - places where leprosy thrives. Brazil's new Thalidomide babies 2013-07-24T00:24:10Z In this man’s case, even as the leprosy bacteria were killed and rendered ineffective through drugs, they resulted in an inflammation that destroyed nerve fibers in his feet. India Ink: India Restarts Battle Against Leprosy 2013-09-12T14:00:22Z Combination antibiotics, taken for a year, can cure leprosy, though there are still leper colonies in places like India. A genetic history of leprosy 2013-06-13T19:15:10.037Z The researchers they hope their study will lead them to the ancient origins of the leprosy. Medieval leprosy skeletons sequenced 2013-06-13T18:10:26Z The GP registrar who examined the man said he suffered from tuberculous leprosy or sarcoidosis. First Irish leprosy case reported 2013-06-10T11:59:44Z But campaigners, doctors and leprosy sufferers say the drug is vital. Brazil's new Thalidomide babies 2013-07-24T00:24:10Z “The neighbors don’t know that family living in this room had leprosy.” India Ink: India Restarts Battle Against Leprosy 2013-09-12T14:00:22Z There was still leprosy in places like the Middle East and India, but in Europe, it became extremely rare. A genetic history of leprosy 2013-06-13T19:15:10.037Z In medieval times, a sufferer of leprosy was likely to be an outcast, secluded from society in quarantined colonies. Medieval leprosy skeletons sequenced 2013-06-13T18:10:26Z Like most prejudice, this one is largely based on ignorance or fear–no different than racism, or society’s initial reactions to illnesses from leprosy to AIDS. DSM-5: Caught between Mental Illness Stigma and Anti-Psychiatry Prejudice 2013-05-20T17:15:05.493Z But leprosy is a disease of the poor, in areas where healthcare is patchy and education is inadequate. Brazil's new Thalidomide babies 2013-07-24T00:24:10Z There was no need for secrecy at her next stop, a leprosy colony called Madraswadi in central Mumbai, named because most of its residents are migrants from Tamil Nadu. India Ink: India Restarts Battle Against Leprosy 2013-09-12T14:00:22Z It could even be another disease, say, plague killing off many people infected with leprosy and thus slowing the spread dramatically. A genetic history of leprosy 2013-06-13T19:15:10.037Z The DNA comparison showed that one type of leprosy found in Europe 1,000 years ago is the same as one present in the Middle East now. Medieval leprosy skeletons sequenced 2013-06-13T18:10:26Z He was showing the early signs of leprosy but was treated for rheumatism for three years, allowing the disease to spread. Test promises end to leprosy torment 2013-04-27T01:45:43Z But in Brazil the drug was re-licensed in 1965 as a treatment for skin lesions, one of the complications of leprosy. Brazil's new Thalidomide babies 2013-07-24T00:24:10Z In the states of Bihar, Maharashtra and West Bengal, more than one person out of 10,000 has leprosy. India Ink: India Restarts Battle Against Leprosy 2013-09-12T14:00:22Z Well, if its not leprosy, it’s got to be either us, or possibly another disease crowding it out. A genetic history of leprosy 2013-06-13T19:15:10.037Z One of the interesting things about this paper is that the medieval and current strains are the same, whereas leprosy disappeared fairly rapidly from Europe. Medieval leprosy skeletons sequenced 2013-06-13T18:10:26Z But now there's new hope for diagnosing leprosy before it infects others and causes physical damage. Test promises end to leprosy torment 2013-04-27T01:45:43Z Francis inherits a church infected with scandals as if by leprosy. Watch Out, Vatican City 2013-03-13T22:20:00Z Dr. Shetty is currently part of a three-year study tracking leprosy patients, who at some stage were cured of the disease, only to see it return. India Ink: India Restarts Battle Against Leprosy 2013-09-12T14:00:22Z Perhaps we have evolved resistance to leprosy, making us throw off the bacteria easier when we become infected. A genetic history of leprosy 2013-06-13T19:15:10.037Z Leishmaniasis, a tropical disease transmitted by sand-flies that causes skin ulcers resembling leprosy, is spreading in Syria and there are now 14,000 cases in Hassakah province in the northeast, according to the WHO. Typhoid breaks out in rebel-held eastern Syria: WHO 2013-02-19T11:11:48Z He then met people suffering from similar problems at an organisation in Rio which helps people with leprosy. Test promises end to leprosy torment 2013-04-27T01:45:43Z A mouse study provides new insight into how leprosy does its disfiguring damage: The bacterium can reprogram nerve cells to act like stem cells, which infiltrate the body's nervous system and muscles. Top Stories of the Week 2013-01-18T23:05:00Z The husband, 75, has been cured of leprosy, but the disease damaged his peripheral nervous system. India Ink: India Restarts Battle Against Leprosy 2013-09-12T14:00:22Z The scientists were able to get a sequence off 14th century leprosy DNA with very little trouble. A genetic history of leprosy 2013-06-13T19:15:10.037Z Experiments on mice and cells grown in the laboratory showed the leprosy bug infected nerve cells. Bacteria use 'biological alchemy' 2013-01-18T03:50:31Z Despite its ancient origins and almost mythic status, however, leprosy remains mysterious. Leprosy Reprograms the Body 2013-01-17T17:00:00Z By the nineties it was a badge of leprosy. Political lives: Austin Mitchell 2013-01-09T02:09:58Z India has declared that it has leprosy under control, but the numbers are showing a slow but clear rise in new cases. India Ink: India Restarts Battle Against Leprosy 2013-09-12T14:00:22Z This could because the leprosy bacteria has very thick cell walls. A genetic history of leprosy 2013-06-13T19:15:10.037Z However, she cautioned that there was "quite a gap between this and clinical leprosy and I don't think it's going to lead to new treatments". Bacteria use 'biological alchemy' 2013-01-18T03:50:31Z Rambukkana hopes that future studies will shed more light on how the leprosy bacterium transforms Schwann cells. Leprosy Reprograms the Body 2013-01-17T17:00:00Z But nowadays taxes are like leprosy and they can’t be used for anything, and so Republicans have denied themselves any bargaining power.” How Party of Budget Restraint Shifted to ‘No New Taxes,’ Ever 2012-12-23T02:34:09Z It is the only visible indicator that she is suffering from leprosy, formally known as Hansen’s disease. India Ink: India Restarts Battle Against Leprosy 2013-09-12T14:00:22Z This could be very useful, allowing scientists to look at diseases like leprosy much further back in human history, with hopes of finding enough to really make something out of it. A genetic history of leprosy 2013-06-13T19:15:10.037Z It was only in the early nineteenth century that leprosy and psoriasis were recognized as separate conditions. Q&A: Under their skin 2012-12-19T18:21:02.857Z It’s also being used now for treating leprosy. From the Holocaust to Thalidomide: A Nazi Legacy 2012-11-08T15:15:04.543Z However, it ran into controversy over its trailer, which poked fun at people with leprosy. Wallace and Gromit creator Aardman enjoys profit surge 2012-10-08T16:12:31Z In 2011, the W.H.O. warned India that the disease was spreading, and that same year, the government’s leprosy eradication department began active detection surveillance in high endemic areas. India Ink: India Restarts Battle Against Leprosy 2013-09-12T14:00:22Z |
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