One of the world’s oldest diseases has an even more complex history than expected. Research out today reveals that a form of ...

Long considered a disease brought to the Americas by European colonizers, leprosy may actually have a much older history on ...

The history books say Europeans brought leprosy to the Americas, but analysis of ancient DNA reveals that a form of the ...

Leprosy affects thousands worldwide, typically caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae. Until now, most believed the ...

Long considered a disease introduced to America by European colonizers, leprosy may in fact have a much older history on the ...

The discovery of Mycobacterium lepromatosis suggests leprosy was present in the Americas long before Europeans, altering the ...

"This discovery transforms our understanding of the history of leprosy in America ... was found in a Mexican patient in 2008, and red squirrels in the British Isles in 2016.

The largest study of ancient and modern samples reveals a variant of the disease that evolved over millennia on the continent ...

Leprosy has been present in the Americas for more than 1,000 years, long before the arrival of European settlers, according to a groundbreaking new ...

Long considered a disease brought to the Americas by European colonizers, leprosy may actually have a much older history on the American continent. Scientists reveal that a recently identified second ...

Long considered a disease brought to the Americas by European colonizers, leprosy may actually have a much older history on ...