Rising evidence is pointing to the possibility that leprosy has become endemic in the southeastern U.S. with Florida being named among the top reported states. In a recently published research letter ...

Leprosy could be endemic in the state of Florida, according to a new research paper. Cases of the bacterial disease, officially called Hansen’s disease, have more than doubled in the southeastern U.S.

Cases of leprosy are surging in central Florida, according to a recent research letter shared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The authors said that the Sunshine State has "witnessed ...

Images released by the CDC from a report on Hanson’s disease show a case of lepromatous leprosy in a 54-year-old man in Central Florida in 2022. Cases of leprosy lacking traditional risk factors have ...

The ancient disease leprosy, also known as Hansen’s disease, named for the Norwegian physician Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen, who first identified the causative agent in 1873, may be endemic in ...

Many think of leprosy as a disease of the past and it is true that the worldwide prevalence is declining, in part due to improved case detection and effective multi-drug therapy. Globally, however, ...

No, the CDC has not issued a travel advisory for Florida over rising leprosy cases, despite the surge in Google searches ...

Correction: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shared information about the surge of leprosy cases in Central Florida in a research letter. A previous version of this article contained ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Florida is seeing a ...

Leprosy is one of the oldest diseases known to mankind, passing through generations up to modern days and spreading much fear and revulsion in its’ wake. For centuries people believed that Leprosy had ...

This release is available in Spanish. HOUSTON - A new species of bacterium that causes leprosy has been identified through intensive genetic analysis of a pair of lethal infections, a research team ...