Leprosy is present in 12 countries worldwide, with Nigeria, Brazil, India, and Indonesia among the most impacted, reporting between 1,000 to 10,000 cases annually. Kashmir: Choosing to live in a ...

WHO to send leprosy drugs to Nigeria after testing delays Nigeria reports over 1,000 leprosy cases yearly, faces drug shortages Delays highlight global system vulnerabilities, says UN rapporteur ...

Awwal Musa has been able to get the drugs to treat her leprosy for the past year People affected by leprosy in Nigeria should be able to get hold of vital drugs to treat the disease for the first ...

KLANG: Contact tracing is being carried out to identify close contacts of leprosy cases to prevent the disease from spreading, says Jamaliah Jamaluddin. The Selangor public health and environment ...

People affected by leprosy in Nigeria should be able to get hold of vital drugs to treat the disease for the first time in a year from this weekend, the World Health Organization has said.

In an all-new episode of This Week in Texas, ABC13 talks about tax cuts, cutting the government's size, and their impacts here in southeast Texas. You'll hear from Senator John Cornyn and from a ...

It was on March 2, 1836, when historians believe the original and five copies of the Texas Declaration of Independence were written and signed by 59 men at Washington-on-the-Brazos. If you were ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KLBK) – In its latest update, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) reported 198 cases of measles across West Texas. The number of cases in neighboring New Mexico ...

Some were families who lived alongside fellow patients at the Culion Leprosarium since it was founded in 1906 to isolate individuals with leprosy to control the disease. It was believed that ...

AUSTIN -- Texas Longhorns head coach Rodney Terry has likely coached his final game on the Forty Acres following Wednesday's 86-80 loss to the Xavier Musketeers in the First Four. Immediately ...

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 ...