A team of archaeologists who hope to unearth a medieval hospital during a dig in Lincoln said they were "ridiculously excited ...

Tilahun Wale not only lost his right foot to leprosy -- a disease that still affects thousands in Ethiopia -- he also lost ...

Therefore, people who manifest these types of skin lesions are often unsure of where they came from. Also, because leprosy has become a rare disease, expertise or knowledge about the condition has ...

At a leper colony in Vietnam, Pontifical Mission Societies USA President Monsignor Roger Landry celebrated Mass, brought ...

This young scientist, Alice Ball, laid fundamental groundwork for the first effective leprosy treatment globally. But her legacy still prompts conversations about the marginalization of women and ...

Tilahun Wale not only lost his right foot to leprosy -- a disease that still affects thousands in Ethiopia -- he also lost his family. "My family abandoned me. They blocked my number and refused ...

Experts hope to uncover the remains of an 11th-century building that was used for 500 years as a hospital called a leprosarium; which people with leprosy would have admitted themselves into.

Ethiopia, a country of some 130 million people in northeastern Africa, officially eliminated leprosy as a public health problem in 1999, after case numbers dropped below one in 10,000. But some ...