The Palpa District Public Health Office (DPHO) reported this week on 13 new leprosy cases in the central Nepal district, according to a Kathmandu Post report. About 16 cases are reported annually in the...

New data from the Brazil Ministry of Health today revealed (computer translated) a 34.1% reduction in the number of new diagnosed cases in the country–from 43,652 in 2006 to 28,761 in 2015. In addition,...

On Sunday’s show my guests included Assistant Professor with the Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine at Louisiana State University, Rebecca Christofferson, PhD...

World Leprosy Day is annually observed around the world on the last Sunday of January. The day was initiated in 1954 by French philanthropist and writer, Raoul Follereau, as a way to raise global awareness...

Kevin Macaluso, MS, PhD is the Mary Louise Martin Professor in the Department of Pathobiological Sciences at the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine and he was recently awarded a Research to STOP Neglected...

During the lengthy hearing Tuesday in front of the Senate Finance Committee for the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) nominee, Rep. (Dr.) Tom Price, in addition to the numerous inquiries about...

Kevin Macaluso, MS, PhD, Mary Louise Martin Professor in the Department of Pathobiological Sciences (PBS) at the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine (LSU SVM), has been awarded a Research to STOP Neglected...

Every two minutes someone is diagnosed with leprosy. It causes nerve damage and muscle weakness that can lead to deformities, crippling, blindness and isolation. Many Americans think leprosy no longer...

Health officials with Queensland Health (QH) in the northeast corner of Australia have reported their fourth leprosy, or Hansen’s disease case of the year last week. According to QH’s Summary...

About five weeks after Hurricane Matthew struck the already devastated country of Haiti in the Caribbean, physician and Haitian Hearts founder, Dr John Carroll came back to the show for an update on the...