Leprosy resurfaces in India due to climate change, poverty, and stigma, demanding urgent interventions and visibility.

One of the world’s oldest diseases has an even more complex history than expected. Research out today reveals that a form of leprosy was stalking people in the Americas long before Europeans ...

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

Evidence of a medieval leper colony has been uncovered by builders who are renovating a pub in Coventry. Human remains thought to date back some 900 years were found in the area of the men's toilets ...

The Leicestershire village of Burton Lazars got its name from St Mary and St Lazarus Hospital, founded by Robert de Mowbray between 1138-1162. The hospital was one of the most important leper ...

Explore the history and impact of the Sacred Heart Leprosy Centre in Kumbakonam through literature and personal accounts.

The Leprosy Aid Committee has paid glowing tribute to Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia for his immense support to lepers and leprosariums in Ghana.

A team renovating two buildings dating from around the 15th Century at a former leper hospital is seeking views on how the site can be best preserved. The project aims to "rescue and reuse" the ...

Leprosy is one of the oldest diseases in the world. Over the years, because of advances in diagnosis and treatment, the number of cases has gone down globally, making it a neglected tropical disease.

Leprosy may have spread between red squirrels and humans between 10th and 11th century in England, research suggests. Modern red squirrels have been found to carry strains of the leprosy bacteria ...