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

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

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

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

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

So far, absence of these characteristic changes in the pre-contact American contexts suggests that leprosy was one of the many diseases introduced to the continent in the colonial period. Thereafter ...

I have to say, "If It Makes You Happy" opened with the most beautiful scene - and that was Wade shirtless. To the director of that episode, keep up the good work. The Hart of Dixie crew knows it has ...

Surveys of armadillos in the Gulf states found that up to 20 percent were infected with M. leprae. At first, armadillos’ susceptibility to leprosy was a boost to science and medicine.

Only about 150 leprosy cases occur each year in the U.S., mostly among travelers to places including India, Brazil and Angola, where it's more common.

Armadillos, the only mammal with a hard exterior shell, are native to South America but have been spotted across various ...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Armadillos can be a danger, but experts say not to worry. I found out what to do if you spot one. The TWRA also says armadillos with nine bands are increasing in our area ...

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