On Jan. 3, 1865, the Kingdom of Hawaii, then a sovereign state, enacted “An Act to Prevent the Spread of Leprosy.” Any person suspected of having the ancient disease – which is mentioned as far back ...

Pam Fessler, a former NPR News correspondent, will present a lecture titled "Fighting for Justice, From Leprosy to the Ballot Box" at 7 p.m. Thursday at Franklin College. The family secret had been ...

John Tayman's book The Colony tells the story of Molokai, the slice of Hawaiian paradise that was turned into an infamous 19th century leper... 'The Colony' Details Molokai's Painful History RENEE ...

In the Vietnamese highlands lives a colony of people suffering from a chronic infectious disease that often leads to a loss of sense of touch and pain, physical deformities, and life-altering social ...

After treatment ends, residents of a leprosy colony on Mumbai’s edge confront a quieter affliction—abandonment by family, ...

Info: Visit simplysuwanee.com for more recipes and stories. She grew up in a leprosy colony in Thailand, moved to the U.S. and became a wife, mother, food blogger and photographer, but Suwanee Lennon ...

Suzie Gibson does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

The coronavirus has now infiltrated every county in the US, including the smallest one — a remote Hawaiian island with fewer than 100 residents that was home to a leper colony. Kalawao County, which ...