Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Preparation work to restore two buildings dating from around the 15th Century at a former leper hospital has started Protective ...

Through much of the 20th century, Americans with leprosy were forced to live out their lives in isolation at the National Leprosarium—later called the Gillis W. Long Hansen’s Disease Center—in ...

Belgium is trialing “dune-by-dike” systems as a nature-based defense against storm surges and sea-level rise, using engineered sand dunes in front of existing dikes to create a double buffer along ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen are in talks with a reluctant Belgium over what to do with billions of dollars in frozen Russian assets held in ...

A case of leprosy has been reported in Leon County, Florida. Leprosy, also known as Hansen's Disease, is rare in the U.S. and is curable with antibiotics. The disease does not spread easily, and the ...

Leprosy cases in Florida are increasing, with 36 cases reported so far this year compared to 20 in the previous year. Also known as Hansen's disease, leprosy is a bacterial infection that is curable ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - Florida health officials have confirmed a case of leprosy, a rare disease that might sound alarming but poses little threat to the community, according to health experts who ...

Belgium dismissed the European Union’s new legal proposal to tap frozen Russian assets to back a loan for Ukraine. The remarks come just hours before the European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, ...

Kalaupapa National Historic Park on Molokaʻi’s remote north shore now offers visitors a deeply personal tour of what was once an isolated quarantine zone. On Molokaʻi, Kalaupapa National Historical ...

(RNS) — Christian nationalism’s enemies have a strange tendency to muddle together into a single existential threat to the American way of life. But cartel narco-terrorists aren’t only in league with ...

Unbeaten in World Cup qualifying since 2009, Belgium once again had a near-perfect campaign, even if it hasn't all been plain sailing for Romelu Lukaku and his team-mates. The qualifiers began with a ...

Belgium thrashed Liechtenstein 7-0 on Tuesday to book their place in the FIFA World Cup. After the disappointing 1-1 draw with Kazakhstan on Saturday, Belgium responded with a clinical display to ...