Medieval residents of Winchester, England, probably got their leprosy from red squirrels in the area, according to a team of archaeologists and geneticists that studied remains from two archaeological ...

Evidence from archaeological sites in the medieval English city of Winchester shows that English red squirrels once served as an important host for Mycobacterium leprae strains that caused leprosy in ...

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Researchers discovered leprosy-causing germs in people's DNA, as well as a red squirrel found in medieval UK locations, shedding light on the disease's spread. Scientists found leprosy-causing ...

Red squirrels have been linked to the spread of leprosy in medieval England. (Tony Nellis via SWNS) By Stephen Beech via SWNS Red squirrels spread a deadly disease to people in medieval England, ...

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Leprosy has been long gone from Great Britain. Or so we thought. People and leprosy go way back. Way, way back. "It's been around for at least 5,000 years and probably longer," says Stewart Cole, who ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (WPEC) — People might think of leprosy as a plague from biblical times, but Florida is reporting a rare increase in cases. According to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

People and leprosy go way back. Way, way back. "It's been around for at least 5,000 years and probably longer," says Stewart Cole, who directs the Global Health Institute at the Swiss Federal ...