The restored birthplace of St. Damien De Veuster in Tremelo, Belgium, opens its doors with a new permanent exhibition celebrating the life of the ‘Apostle to the Lepers.’ ...

For 16 years, Father Damien dedicated his life to the people with leprosy on Molokai, an island in Hawaii, until he succumbed himself to the disease. In 2009, he was canonized by the Catholic Church ...

In the dry, windswept valleys of Northern Chile, two ancient skeletons are changing how scientists understand the history of ...

Hansen's Disease, more commonly known as leprosy, is a chronic disease that can lead to physical impairment. Today it exists ...

Well-preserved genomes show a “rare” leprosy strain thriving in ancient Chile, rewriting when and where Hansen’s Disease ...

The Molokai purples have a thicker skin that some describe as challenging to slice through. But the flesh of this variety ...

There’s been 149 known cases of leprosy on Guam in the past 10 years, making the island’s leprosy incidence rate higher than that of the U.S. national level, according to Chima Mbakwem ...

Haley Chasin, 27, of San Diego, made history Tuesday afternoon after she swam from Molokai’s South Papohako Beach to Oahu’s Alan Davis Beach in 11 hours and 59 minutes.

When Covid-19 forced people to stay home, many of us found solace in a snack: potato chips. The crispy treats enjoyed around a $350 million increase in sales from 2019 to 2020. When the chips are ...

Leprosy displays a clinical spectrum that is determined by the host immunological response against M. leprae. [6] Differential recognition of viable or dead M. leprae in the natural course or ...

Nigerian massacres: Treating ring worm while ignoring leprosy, by Owei Lakemfa I was in Ndjamena, Chad in 2014 as the then Secretary General of the African Workers, to meet the labour leaders in ...

The bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccine, initially developed to provide protection against TB, also protects against leprosy; and the magnitude of this effect varies. Previous meta-analyses ...