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Doctors Explain How Contagious Leprosy Actually Is
Men's Health via Yahoo News· 10 months agoHow Contagious Is Leprosy? gilaxia - Getty Images LEPROSY MAY SEEM like a disease of the past. But, a new report published in the Centers for Disease...
What Is Leprosy (Hansen's Disease)?
Health via Yahoo News· 8 months agoLeprosy, or Hansen’s disease, is a chronic infectious disease caused by the Mycobacterium leprae bacteria. It can affect the skin, nerves of the hands...
Leprosy ‘may have spread between red squirrels and humans in medieval England’
PA Media: Science via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoLeprosy may have spread between red squirrels and humans between 10th and 11th century in England,...
Leprosy could become endemic to Florida. Here is what to know.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 10 months agoRising cases of leprosy in the Southeast U.S. point to the possibility of the disease becoming...
A man in his 20s went to a dermatologist with a red rash all over his body. It was leprosy.
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe hands of a patient who had Leprosy. Leprosy can change the appearance of hands and feet, and...
Leprosy could now be endemic to Central Florida, researchers say. Here’s what to know
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 10 months agoLeprosy, an easily curable disease that affects the skin and nervous system, may already be endemic...
More leprosy cases are popping up in Florida. Why an ancient disease might be endemic
Miami Herald via AOL· 2 months agoLeprosy hearkens back centuries, all the way to its reference in the Bible in the Book of Leviticus....
Signs and Symptoms of Leprosy
Health via Yahoo News· 9 months agoLeprosy, also called Hansen's disease, is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae bacteria. The disease develops slowly, and most...
Why is leprosy spreading in Florida? What to know about recent rise in US cases
TODAY via Yahoo News· 10 months agoCases of leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease, are on the rise in Florida and health officials...
Evidence reveals leprosy endemic in parts of US but can you really get it from armadillos?
Daytona Beach News-Journal via Yahoo News· 10 months agoLeprosy, considered by many a frightening disease from biblical times, still exists today,...