The spread of tuberculosis may have killed off leprosy in Europe in the Middle Ages, according to research published in the latest issue of the Royal Society Proceedings B. The spread of tuberculosis ...

Jerusalem – What caused leprosy – a widely dreaded disease in medieval Europe – to fade from the scene? By the 16th century, the scourge had practically disappeared there. The reason seems to be, say ...

The consequences of urbanization, such as increased exposure to pathogens, have long been considered detrimental to human health. During the first half of the Danish medieval period, towns were ...

Sister Pauline Ekanem, a member of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, is seen at the order's Marian Home. The congregation has been taking care of tuberculosis, leprosy and HIV/AIDs ...

Gerald P. Walsh, 65, leader in the fight against leprosy and tuberculosis, died Sunday in Frederick, Md., of brain cancer. Walsh served as the longtime scientific director of the American Leprosy ...

You have full access to this article via your institution. Clinicians are trying a leprosy vaccine to help relapsing tuberculosis (TB) patients fight the infection for good 1. Known as Immuvac, the ...

A guest on Fox News claimed without evidence that migrants traveling in a caravan up through Mexico were carrying diseases such as leprosy, smallpox and tuberculosis and that they were going to ...

The spread of tuberculosis may have killed off leprosy in Europe in the Middle Ages, according to research published in the latest issue of the Royal Society Proceedings B. A collaborative study led ...