Subscribers may view the full text of this article in its original form through TimesMachine. Leprosy is not contagious in any ordinary sense of the term. It is not contagious in the course of ...

Cases of leprosy are surging in central Florida, according to a recent research letter shared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The authors said that the Sunshine State has ...

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

Cases of leprosy in Central Florida are on the rise, concerning scientists whose work was recently published by the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). According to an ...

People in Florida are talking about leprosy again — and not just in church or Sunday school. More cases are popping up across the country, including Florida, where the disease may have become ...

Long considered a disease introduced to America by European colonizers, leprosy may in fact have a much older history on the ...

The word “leprosy” conjures images of biblical plagues, but the disease is still with us today. Caused by infectious bacteria, some 200,000 new cases are reported each year, according to the ...

Cases of leprosy on the rise in Florida, report says Cases of leprosy are rising in Florida, according to a new analysis published in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Emerging ...

Experts warn that one of the oldest infectious diseases in history — leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease — now may be endemic in Florida, according to a recent report. From 2015 to 2020 ...

But these days leprosy (also known as Hansen's disease) is extremely rare, with less than 200 cases reported in the United States per year. Recently, however, there have been cases of leprosy ...

In a recently published research letter regarding emerging infectious diseases, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that Florida is witnessing an increase in leprosy cases ...