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

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 ...

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 ...

Ancient pathogen genomes from old bones: a team of scientists from Germany and Argentina have reconstructed two genomes of ...

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.

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

Armadillos are moving into Indiana. In the southeastern U.S., they've been blamed in some cases of leprosy. News Sports Business Features Submit a News Tip Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper Legals ...

Leprosy is an ancient disease, the oldest disease known to be associated with humans, with evidence of characteristic bone pitting and deformities found in burial sites in India as far back as ...

An uptick of confirmed leprosy cases in Florida is resparking the debate of the disease’s possible connection to nine-banded armadillos, USA Today reported Oct. 3. In August, the CDC said ...

Brevard County, Florida reported 85 of the state's new 176 cases of leprosy in recent years - and doctors are trying to figure out how the county became such a hotspot ...