To raise awareness about leprosy, Purple Day is observed around the world. To mark the day, in this article, we have ...

A new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine showed that by 4 weeks of treatment, bedaquiline monotherapy ...

Following a year-long shortage that left thousands of patients, including children, without necessary medication to prevent disabilities, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has confirmed that it will ...

Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease, is a serious, infectious chronic disease caused by a harsh bacterial organism called Mycobacterium leprae. Leprosy has existed in time unknown and is not ...

The disease, caused by Mycobacterium leprae, affects the skin, peripheral nerves and eyes. It is curable with multi-drug therapy (MDT), but without treatment patients suffer from disfiguring sores ...

The Department of Health (DOH) in Central Luzon and Jose B. Lingad Memorial General Hospital (JBLMGH) in the City of San Fernando opened a Hansen’s Clinic insid ...

The World Health Organization says it will send leprosy drugs to Nigeria this weekend after resolving testing hold-ups that led to a year-long delay in thousands of patients, including children, ...

Dr Lê Thị Mai, head of the treatment division at the Central Dermatology Hospital, always holds close the words of her mentors: "To treat leprosy, you must see the patients as family." "Leprosy is a ...

SHAH ALAM – The presence of Mycobacterium leprae in soil and animals could be a potential cause of leprosy, a disease that was once close to eradication in Malaysia. Universiti Malaya Tropical ...

The following is a summary of “A rapid and sensitive extraction-free HiFi-LAMP assay for detecting Mycobacterium leprae,” published in the March 2025 issue of International Journal of Infectious ...