On Sept. 19, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that Jordan had become the first country in…
On Jan. 26, 1953, World Leprosy Day was established by Raoul Follereau a French writer and journalist. This…
In 1914, Phages, or bacterial viruses, were discovered by Frederick Twort. He researched Johne’s disease, a chronic intestinal…
In 1873, Gerhard-Henrik Armauer Hansen published his report that claimed leprosy to be an infectious disease with a…
In 1179, the Third Lateran Council decreed with Canon 23 living arrangements for lepers and how their necessary…
From 1050-1350 marked a particularly active phase of the disease that made necessary the introduction of large-scale specialist…