Leprosy remains a public health problem in developing countries. Among communicable diseases, it is one of the leading causes of permanent disability. Brazil had not reached the goal of reducing cases ...

A new study challenges the view that leprosy is a disease that was introduced into the Americas during European colonization. It reports that a strain of leprosy-causing mycobacterium, Mycobacterium ...

Leprosy has been present in the Americas for more than 1,000 years, long before the arrival of European settlers, according to a groundbreaking new finding published this week in the journal Science.

He was analyzing DNA extracted from the remains of people who had died thousands of years ago. In one of the samples taken in Canada, he found leprosy — one of the oldest and most stigmatizing ...

Long considered a disease brought to the Americas by European colonizers, leprosy may actually have a much older history on the American continent. Scientists from the Institut Pasteur ...

Although leprosy is curable with drug treatment, the identification of biomarkers of infection, disease progression and treatment efficacy would greatly help to reduce the overall prevalence of the ...

Methods: People affected by leprosy, aged 30 years and above, resident in eight leprosy villages were invited to participate. Ocular examination was undertaken of each consenting individual. Results: ...

Hundreds of internally displaced Palestinians gather outside a charity kitchen in Gaza to receive limited food rations, May 18, 2025. Kitchen administrators warn their stocks would run out in two days ...