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Go to Central Florida, Get Leprosy
Out Traveler via Yahoo News· 10 months agoBy Giri Viswanathan, CNN (CNN) – When a 54-year-old landscaper came into an Orlando dermatology clinic with a splotchy, painful rash, Dr. Rajiv Nathoo...
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...
Leprosy Outbreak in Florida: What You Need to Know
Health via Yahoo News· 10 months agoCentral Florida is experiencing a leprosy outbreak, according to a new report from the CDC. Experts note that leprosy cases in the United States, even...
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....
Alarm as leprosy cases rise in Florida
The Independent UK via AOL· 10 months agoA surge in leprosy cases in Florida has led to fears among public health officials that the disease has become endemic in the Sunshine State. Central...
LOCAL MEDICAL NEWS
The Ledger via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFOOT AND ANKLE ASSOCIATES OF LAKELAND Matt Werd, DPM, FACFAS, was a featured sports medicine speaker at the national annual meeting of the American...
There's a Leprosy Outbreak in Florida
People via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe CDC says Central Florida accounts for 81% of leprosy cases in the state — and the disease could become endemic Getty Leprosy bacteria Florida has...
Brevard has had half of Florida's leprosy cases in the past decade. Why?
Florida Today via Yahoo News· 10 months agoRelative to the rest of Florida, in Brevard County leprosy has reached biblical proportions. Almost half the state's leprosy cases over the past decade happened in Brevard, with the disfiguring ...
So, What's Going On With Leprosy in Florida?
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 10 months agoDoctors in Florida are sounding caution about one of the world’s oldest known ailments, leprosy. In a recent report, they detail a local case of the...
Yes, you can catch leprosy in Florida. No, you shouldn’t panic
Orlando Sentinel via Yahoo News· 10 months agoLocal doctors say Hansen’s disease, also known as leprosy, is spreading in Central Florida Central Florida dermatologists Dr. Charles Dunn and Dr. Rajiv Nathoo published a letter earlier this ...
