I was in Ndjamena, Chad in 2014 as the then Secretary General of the African Workers, to meet the labour leaders in that ...

A new book tells of how leprosy became a byword for segregation and fear, while the 200,000 people newly diagnosed a year are ...

The history books say Europeans brought leprosy to the Americas, but analysis of ancient DNA reveals that a form of the ...

Unearthing the hidden history of leprosy in the Americas-tracing its ancient origins, evolution, and profound impact on ...

Bwama Island, on Lake Bunyonyi in Kabale, has a history that stretches far beyond its stunning natural beauty. In the 1930s, ...

A Contact Cohorts Analysis (COCOA) study, conducted in four districts of north-western Bangladesh, found that leprosy can ...

BHUBANESWAR: The state government has constituted a three-member committee headed by principal secretary, Law department to identify discriminatory, derogatory, ...

Leprosy, as Oliver Basciano notes in his fascinating and humane book Outcast, is more than an illness. It’s a byword, a ...

Research out today reveals that a form of leprosy was stalking people in the Americas long before Europeans arrived. A large international team of scientists conducted the study, published ...

No writing assistance was utilized in the production of this manuscript. Leprosy is a chronic infectious disorder, caused by Mycobacterium leprae, which is a typical intracellular pathogen.

Erin Entrada Kelly, two-time Newbery Medalist and National Book Award finalist, shares the real-life story of Josefina ...