To strengthen the fight against leprosy in Maharashtra, the state’s Public Health Department will set up a state-level ...

During a recent meeting at Vidhan Bhavan, MLA Sulabha Khodke and representatives from various voluntary organizations ...

Maharashtra Public Health Minister Prakash Abitkar on Tuesday announced that the government will set up a state-level ...

Leprosy in America: It could become endemic to Florida. Here is what to know. This makes leprosy particularly hard to study. There’s not much data on animal-to-human transmission in the U.S ...

Leprosy is a disease most people think ended in the Middle Ages, but a new study shows that it’s not a thing of the past. Mayo Clinic researchers wanted to understand how common it was in their ...

Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease, is an age-old bacterial disease that affects the skin and nerves. Here's what to know about symptoms to treatment.

Leprosy, scientifically known as Hansen's disease, has never been common in the U.S., with most cases previously involving people who immigrated from leprosy-endemic areas.

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

Leprosy, also known as Hansen’s disease, is rare in the U.S., but cases are on the rise in Florida. (frank600/Getty Images) Leprosy may sound like an affliction from a bygone era, but the ...

Leprosy, a fearsome scourge of ancient civilizations, may have become a permanent fixture in Florida, according to a new study. The authors described a 54-year-old man who was diagnosed with the ...

To strengthen the fight against leprosy in Maharashtra, the state’s Public Health Department will set up a state-level ...