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Chile Officially Eliminates Leprosy, The First Country In The Americas To Do So

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Chile Officially Eliminates Leprosy, The First Country In The Americas To Do So

Flag of Chile flying in the wind, against a blue sky with clouds

Chile Officially Eliminates Leprosy, The First Country In The Americas To Do So

March 5, 2026

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Ancient DNA Reveals People Caught Leprosy From Adorable Woodland Critters In Medieval England

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Ancient DNA Reveals People Caught Leprosy From Adorable Woodland Critters In Medieval England

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Ancient DNA Reveals People Caught Leprosy From Adorable Woodland Critters In Medieval England

May 3, 2024

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Leprosy Is On The Rise In Florida And No One Knows Why

The face of a young man with leprosy taken from George Thin's 1891 book "Leprosy."

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Leprosy Is On The Rise In Florida And No One Knows Why

The face of a young man with leprosy taken from George Thin's 1891 book "Leprosy."

Leprosy Is On The Rise In Florida And No One Knows Why

August 2, 2023

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Earliest Evidence Of Bronze Age Brain Surgery Discovered In Israel

Bronze Age trephination skeleton

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Earliest Evidence Of Bronze Age Brain Surgery Discovered In Israel

Bronze Age trephination skeleton

Earliest Evidence Of Bronze Age Brain Surgery Discovered In Israel

February 22, 2023

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Leprosy Seen In Wild Chimpanzees For The First Time

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Leprosy Seen In Wild Chimpanzees For The First Time

Leprosy Seen In Wild Chimpanzees For The First Time

November 13, 2020

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This Debilitating Disease Might Have Totally Unexpected Origins

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This Debilitating Disease Might Have Totally Unexpected Origins

This Debilitating Disease Might Have Totally Unexpected Origins

May 11, 2018

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Leprosy Is Gaining Resistance To Drugs, Genome Study Shows

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Leprosy Is Gaining Resistance To Drugs, Genome Study Shows

Leprosy Is Gaining Resistance To Drugs, Genome Study Shows

January 31, 2018

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The Viking Squirrel Trade May Have Brought Leprosy To The British Isles

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The Viking Squirrel Trade May Have Brought Leprosy To The British Isles

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The Viking Squirrel Trade May Have Brought Leprosy To The British Isles

October 25, 2017

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Red Squirrels In The UK Are Infected By Human Leprosy

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Red Squirrels In The UK Are Infected By Human Leprosy

Red Squirrels In The UK Are Infected By Human Leprosy

November 11, 2016

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Squirrel Leprosy Experiment To Take Place In Southern England

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Squirrel Leprosy Experiment To Take Place In Southern England

Squirrel Leprosy Experiment To Take Place In Southern England

May 12, 2016

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Spike In Leprosy Cases Linked to Armadillos

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Spike In Leprosy Cases Linked to Armadillos

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Spike In Leprosy Cases Linked to Armadillos

July 24, 2015

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Earliest Case of Leprosy in the UK Found in 1,500-Year-Old Skeleton

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Earliest Case of Leprosy in the UK Found in 1,500-Year-Old Skeleton

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Earliest Case of Leprosy in the UK Found in 1,500-Year-Old Skeleton

May 18, 2015

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Curiosity Finds "Sea Of Polygons" On Mars. But Photos Of The Rover Itself Show Its Back Wheel Isn't In Great Shape

Polygonal structures on the red, Martian surface. Circled in yellow is the wheel of the Curiosity rover, looking extensively damaged.

Curiosity Finds "Sea Of Polygons" On Mars. But Photos Of The Rover Itself Show Its Back Wheel Isn't In Great Shape

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Dinosaurs “Charbroiled” To Death, Giving A Harrowing Reminder Of How Much Devastation Can Happen On A Planetary Scale In Just A Few Hours

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Dinosaurs “Charbroiled” To Death, Giving A Harrowing Reminder Of How Much Devastation Can Happen On A Planetary Scale In Just A Few Hours

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Falcon 9 Rocket Stage "Abandoned" In High-Earth Orbit Is About To Slam Into The Moon, With The Energy Of 11.8 Gigajoules

A topographical map of the Einstein crater on the Moon. Circles around a central impact crater.

Falcon 9 Rocket Stage "Abandoned" In High-Earth Orbit Is About To Slam Into The Moon, With The Energy Of 11.8 Gigajoules

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Orcas Ram Sunfish So Hard They Explode “Into Thousands Of Pieces” And No, We’re Not Joking

a tryptic shows the orca swimming towards a dead sunfish being held by another orca, that orca lets go and the other one swims into it releasing lots of tissue, and in the final image there are flecks of sunfish everywhere as the orcas swim around casually

Orcas Ram Sunfish So Hard They Explode “Into Thousands Of Pieces” And No, We’re Not Joking

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Falcon 9 Rocket Stage "Abandoned" In High-Earth Orbit Is About To Slam Into The Moon, With The Energy Of 11.8 Gigajoules

A topographical map of the Einstein crater on the Moon. Circles around a central impact crater.

Falcon 9 Rocket Stage "Abandoned" In High-Earth Orbit Is About To Slam Into The Moon, With The Energy Of 11.8 Gigajoules

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Brain Training That Really Works? First-Ever Clinical Proof That Science-Backed Exercises Can Reduce Levels Of Key Alzheimer’s Marker

Neurons in Alzheimer's disease. 3D illustration showing amyloid plaques in brain tissue, neurofibrillary tangles and distruction of neuronal networks

Brain Training That Really Works? First-Ever Clinical Proof That Science-Backed Exercises Can Reduce Levels Of Key Alzheimer’s Marker

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