I guess you could say that Feltman is one of the leading voices against eating armadillos in Florida. “You can get leprosy from touching or eating an infected armadillo,” Feltman said on her show.

Leprosy is mainly caused by Mycobacterium leprae, a type of bacteria that uses a few species as hosts, including humans, nine-banded armadillos, and red squirrels. In their research—published ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Although leprosy is still endemic to some parts of the world, its presence in the United States is relatively rare. But a recent outbreak in Florida is bringing ...