Preparation work to restore two buildings dating from around the 15th Century at a former leper hospital has started ...

Between the tears and memories of hundreds of funerals, Paul Harada finds some comfort in the feeling that his dead friends and neighbors are now free. "In fact, I think these are the lucky ones - ...

"A man with leprosy came and knelt before him and said, ‘Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean’" (Matthew 8:2).

Jierme Ciwai, 65, a leprosy sufferer, rests on a rock with one of her grandchildren in her arms in Abuluoha village, Butuo county, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province. Photo: Li ...

After more than five years of closure, Hawaii’s Kalaupapa National Historical Park will reopen this month with a new patient-founded tour, tighter access rules, and lingering questions. ByWill McGough ...

It has been referred to in ancient texts, such as the sacred Sanskrit work the Arthavaveda in 2000BC. And a form of leprosy called “tzara’aat” in Hebrew is mentioned in the Old Testament’s Book of ...

The bones of a soldier with leprosy who may have died in battle have been found in a medieval Italian cemetery, along with skeletons of men who survived blows to the head with battle-axes and maces.

When the leper colony closed in the late 13th Century, the fair was handed over to the town, and by 1589, it had grown to become a five-week event A re-enactment a famous medieval fair will be hosted ...

Origins: In 1934 a particularly vicious rumor campaign aimed at disrupting sales of Chesterfield cigarettes went into effect. Up and down the Atlantic seaboard, then all across the U.S., the whispered ...

Mitchell Reid is a Canadian born writer hailing from Ontario. He graduated from Durham College's journalism program in 2022. There he work on projects to publish news at the Durham College chronicle, ...