Researchers have recovered and sequenced Mycobacterium lepromatosis genomes from 4,000-year-old human remains in Chile, ...

Leprosy’s tale stretches from 5,000-year-old skeletons in Eurasia to a startling 4,000-year-old case in Chile, revealing that ...

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

Armadillos are moving into Indiana. In the southeastern U.S., they've been blamed in some cases of leprosy.

Hansen’s disease, also known as leprosy, was long believed to be absent from the Americas prior to European contact. A new ...

Still, more armadillos carrying leprosy doesn’t mean armadillos are directly causing leprosy, wildlife experts say. The most recent case of leprosy reported in Florida came from a 54-year-old ...

EVANSVILLE – Armadillos are spreading into Indiana. The disease they bring with them, though, could take a long time to get here. The squat, sharp-clawed mammals are confirmed carriers of ...

Don’t eat the armadillos. That’s a useful advisory, one you’re not likely to hear despite its urgent nature. That’s because people who are allegedly in charge of Florida are up to their ...

Health officials are seeing more cases of the rare disease of leprosy in Florida, and want to find out why. Florida researchers are weighing in with some clues.