"Never touch an armadillo" is sound medical advice ... During 1866 – 1969, nearly 8,000 Hawaiians suffering from leprosy (Hansen’s disease) were quarantined on northern Molokai’s Kalaupapa Peninsula.

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — 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.

New Delhi: In a bid to eradicate leprosy by 2027, the health ministry has urged states and Union territories to implement a revised treatment regimen for paucibacillary and multibacillary cases.

"My family abandoned me. They blocked my number and refused to speak to me," said Tilahun, 46, a farmer in Ethiopia's populous Oromia region, who contracted leprosy around 10 years ago. Ethiopia ...

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 ...