Spinalonga, once a leper colony in Crete, is now a stunning tourist hotspot blending haunting history with breathtaking views.

He, like many others, grew up in the lanes of Jamuria Leprosy Colony, in West Bengal, facing stigma and discrimination. Today, years after his father’s passing and an endless struggle through ...

Evidence of a medieval leper colony has been uncovered by builders who are renovating a pub in Coventry. Human remains thought to date back some 900 years were found in the area of the men's toilets ...

Visakhapatnam: Visakhapatnam had reported 299 cases of leprosy in 2019. A recent study analysing 68 of these cases, identified a persistent burden of leprosy-related disabilities, despite active ...

On one assignment as civic action officer, Crosby and other men would assist at an orphanage as well as a leper colony. Their truck would sometimes draw fire. Once, at the leper colony ...

Leprosy, officially called Hansen’s disease, is one of the so-called neglected tropical diseases, Mbakwem said. Now, DPHSS and its partner entities from the public and private sectors have ...

Leprosy is one of the oldest human diseases and originated in Eurasia or Africa. A new study has found a different species of leprosy-causing bacteria existed in the Americas before European ...

On 23 April, Liberia’s Supreme Court affirmed the legitimacy of the Speaker of the House of Representatives Jonathan Fonati Koffa. This followed months of legislative impasse and political crisis ...

Tokadeh — President Joseph Nyuma Boakai and ArcelorMittal Executive Chairman Mr. Lakshmi Mittal on Thursday jointly inaugurated one of Africa's largest iron ore beneficiation plants in Liberia ...

Ahead of the formal commissioning of a new 20 million tonne capacity concentrator, the President of Liberia, His Excellency Joseph Boakai, and ArcelorMittal Executive Chairman, Mr. Lakshmi Mittal ...

Monrovia — The Rubber Planters Association and the Government of Liberia have taken decisive steps to put an end to unfair rubber pricing. "No more unfair rubber prices," declared T. Bannie ...

The Chittoor district administration conducted a gram sabha at the ST Colony of Devalampeta village in Jagamarla panchayat of Palamaner mandal, on Wednesday. They interacted with the villagers ...