The film Kingdom of Heaven depicts the final years of Baldwin IV of Jerusalem, but what's the true history behind the movie?

Leprosy has been found in groups of wild chimpanzees for the first time. Researchers have shared shocking images of apes with the tell-tale lumps on their faces. Cases have been confirmed among two ...

Find today’s readings here. When Jesus came down from the mountain, great crowds followed him. And then a leper approached, did him homage, and said, “Lord, if you wish, you can make me clean.” He ...

A woodcut from the 1800s, Healing the Lepers, depicts the common tableau of Jesus healing a leper as his disciples look on. Look through a series of 15th-century woodcuts, and you'll find that the ...

A prisoner with a history of leprosy who had visible lesions was allowed to circulate among hundreds of other inmates at two Minnesota prisons for nearly two months this spring after prison medical ...

Mystery and misconceptions continue to surround the biblical scourge contracted by at least 250,000 people each year. There was a time and a place when, if one wanted to be canonized, going to a leper ...

The tooth from a young woman who died in a Scandinavian leper colony in the 1300s has now provided key evidence for scientists studying the evolution of pathogens. Leprosy, like tuberculosis and the ...

A chronic infectious disease that attacks the skin and nerves, leprosy brings to mind images of disfigurement and ostracisation. For centuries, those afflicted suffered while exiled in colonies.