Cases of leprosy — an infectious disease that’s been around since ancient times — have increased dramatically in Florida, and health experts fear the infectious disease is now endemic to the Sunshine ...

The U.S. has seen a rise in Hansen’s disease, or leprosy, in southeastern states, including in Florida, where the disease might be endemic. Miami Herald File Leprosy hearkens back centuries, all the ...

Britain's Princess Diana touches the leg of a leprosy patient in Katmandu three decades ago. (Photo: Binod Joshi, File) An article in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases has reported that cases ...

Leprosy hearkens back centuries, all the way to its reference in the Bible in the Book of Leviticus. People in Florida are talking about leprosy again — and not just in church or Sunday school. More ...