LILONGWE- (MaraviPost)- The Southern Region continues to bear the highest burden of Tuberculosis (TB) in Malawi, recording 9,630 cases so far in 2025, a slight drop from 10,019 in 2023. This was ...

In Malawi, a country once believed to be long past the danger of leprosy, new figures paint a troubling picture. This year alone, Mchinji District along the border between Malawi and Zambia has ...

The film Kingdom of Heaven depicts the final years of Baldwin IV of Jerusalem, but what's the true history behind the movie? Through courage and dedication, Baldwin the Leper King has protected ...

Measles outbreaks have hit multiple U.S. states, vaccination & rapid reporting are critical to limit the spread & hospitalizations ...

A collaborative research team led by Kirsten Bos at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, in conjunction ...

In the dry, windswept valleys of Northern Chile, two ancient skeletons are changing how scientists understand the history of ...

A rare form of leprosy may have existed in the Americas long before European colonization, according to new research using ...

A new study has found that leprosy was circulating in Chile some 4,000 years ago, meaning the disease arrived in the Americas ...

Hansen’s disease, also known as leprosy, was long believed to be absent from the Americas prior to European contact. A new study led by Kirsten Bos at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary ...

Hansen's Disease, more commonly known as leprosy, is a chronic disease that can lead to physical impairment. Today it exists in over 100 countries, and while the infection is treatable, access to ...

All leprosy patients, along with their household contacts, were systematically categorized based on sex, age, and specific type of leprosy (as detailed in Table 1). This classification underscores the ...

Leprosy—an ancient disease often associated with distant historical eras—might not be as far behind us as we think. While many of us assume it's a thing of the past, cases of leprosy have been popping ...