"Through such trials, the human soul is sculpted into something beautiful," a patient once told Swiss dentist Julien Grivel, ...

Egypt is one of the few countries where leprosy persists. But with effective treatment methods and cases declining, some say Cairo wants to close the country's last leprosy colony, Abu Zaabal, rehouse ...

The bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccine, initially developed to provide protection against TB, also protects against leprosy; and the magnitude of this effect varies. Previous meta-analyses ...

SHAH ALAM: Selangor has recorded five leprosy cases across five districts as of Feb 20, with no fatalities reported. Selangor Health Department director Dr Ummi Kalthom Shamsudin (pic ...