Leprosy

Photographs Illuminate The Isolation Of Leprosy

Posted 03.13.2012

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Leprosy is a condition that many of us believe has come and gone -- an unpleasant medical fate from another era. But for the people of Da Qin Island, ...

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A Look At The Targeted Diseases

AP | By The Associated Press | Posted 01.30.2012

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-- The coordinated push by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, 13 major drugmakers, government groups and health charities aims to eliminate by 2020...

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Spreading Leprosy In The U.S. South?

The Huffington Post | Laura Schocker | Posted 06.28.2011

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Up to 20 percent of U.S. armadillos are infected with leprosy -- and now a new study has found that these quirky little creatures may be transmitting ...

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Strangest New York Visitors: Leprosy And The Bubonic Plague

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: NYC Department of Health, Exotic Diseases, The Plague, Nyc Disease Control, Ny News, Leprosy, New York News

Did you think we were done with cholera, or the bubonic plague? Well, we're not. Millions of people come to New York City every year, and a few of t...

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Atlanta Mom Turns Life Upside Down To Secure A Future For Children From India's Leprosy Colonies

Mickey Goodman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hansen's Disease, Rising Star Outreach, India, Peery Foundation, J. Willard & Alice S. Marriott Foundation, World Health Organization, David Archuleta, Leprosy, India Leprosy, Leprosy Mission, Impact News
Mickey Goodman

The mother of 10 seemed an unlikely leader of an organization benefiting children half way around the world. But it came about following a tragedy -- the suicide of Douglas' daughter, Amber.

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Tiny East Timor Declares War On Leprosy

AP | MARGIE MASON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: World Health Organization, Leprosy Treatment, Dr. Rosimini Day, Leprosy Elimination, Leprosy, East Timor, Impact News

OE-CUSSE ENCLAVE, East Timor — If there really was a place so remote it could be called the end of the earth, Adelino Quelo's shabby little hut ...

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Cure Millions of Leprosy -- or Just Give Hank Paulson a Tax Break?

Matt Bivens | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Polio, Vaccinations, Financial Bailout, Executive Compensation, Leprosy, Polio Vaccine, Guinea-Worms, Bush Tax Cuts, Politics News
Matt Bivens

$300 million could eradicate smallpox, history's greatest killer of humans -- yet the same sum wouldn't cover the bonus pool for the executives of the insurance company AIG after its great meltdown.

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Earth to Lou: It Could Have Been Different

Mark Potok | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mark Potok

It didn't have to end this way for Lou Dobbs. He could have been a contender. But Dobbs, a supremely self-confident man who often mentions his Harvard education in private conversation, just wouldn't listen.

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Hate in the Mainstream: SPLC Announces 'Dobbsy' Award

Mark Potok | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mark Potok

We've decided to launch an award to call attention to mainstream figures who make utterly false or statements that have the effect of denigrating an entire group of people. We're calling it the Dobbsy, in honor of Lou Dobbs.

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Lepers, AIDS Patients Not Welcome in Beijing

USA Today | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Olympics, Beijing, Beijing Olympics, China, Aids, Leprosy, 2008 Beijing Olympics, Home News

China is putting out the welcome mat for foreign tourists during the Olympics -- as long as they're not sick. Kyodo News reports that Beijing plans t...

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