Cases of leprosy are surging in central Florida, according to a recent research letter shared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The authors said that the Sunshine State has "witnessed ...

Aug. 2 (UPI) --Leprosy, a chronic infectious disease that leads to serious skin lesions, is at the endemic stage in the southeastern United States, according to a report published by the Centers for ...

Cases of leprosy in Central Florida are on the rise, concerning scientists whose work was recently published by the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). According to an Aug.

New evidence from the Center for Disease Control shows that leprosy (also known as Hansen’s disease) has become endemic in the southeastern United States, predominantly Florida. The CDC asserts that ...

Experts warn that one of the oldest infectious diseases in history — leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease — now may be endemic in Florida, according to a recent report. From 2015 to 2020, 34% of ...

The southeastern United States is experiencing leprosy cases in numbers that may be "endemic," a research letter recently published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. When an ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Leprosy is on the rise in Florida, according to a new medical report in a Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention publication. According to a research letter published ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control, there's another thing to worry about when visiting Florida: Leprosy. In a recent research letter published on the CDC website, the authors say there is ...

The discovery of Mycobacterium lepromatosis suggests leprosy was present in the Americas long before Europeans, altering the ...

Cases of leprosy have been on the rise in the Southeast, particularly in Florida, and scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) say the disease could be endemic to the region.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . One in five cases of leprosy in the United States is reported in Florida. Although the number of U.S. cases ...