Hansen’s disease, also called leprosy, is treatable today – and that’s partly thanks to a curious tree and the work of a ...

Treatment. In spite of optimistic claims, there is no specific treatment or cure for leprosy. At Carville, Dr. Hasseltine gives his patients capsules or injections of chaulmoogra oil, which comes ...

Leprosy has existed for more than 3,000 years and is the one of the oldest diseases known to humanity. Though a cure is available, 200,000 individuals are still diagnosed with the disease each year.

Angeline Awino 70, a leprosy patient, at her home in Budalang'i. [Mactilda Mbenywe, Standard] When Angeline Awino visited Alupe Hospital in Busia for her routine leprosy medication in April, she ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. — American Leprosy Missions, a nonprofit helping persons affected by neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) like leprosy to be healed in body and spirit, today unveiled a rebrand to ...

Cases of the disfiguring disease in Achham are declining, but many may still go unreported out of fear of social exclusion, ...

Historians are working to shine a light on Alice Ball’s legacy and contributions to an early treatment of a dangerous and stigmatizing disease. An error has ...

Hansen’s disease, also called leprosy, is treatable today – and that’s partly thanks to a curious tree and the work of a pioneering young scientist in the 1920s. Centuries prior to her discovery, ...