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A woman with leprosy named Josefina Guerrero had helped soldiers in significant ways during the war, and here's how she did ...

In June 1940, as the Third Reich advanced through France, tension mounted that a German attack on the Channel Islands was imminent. Despite the reluctance of Prime Minister Winston Churchill, the ...

Erin Entrada Kelly, two-time Newbery Medalist and National Book Award finalist, shares the real-life story of Josefina ...

In 2015, although the leprosy detection rate in Brazil reveals a high endemicity pattern with 14.07 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, it is worth noting its geographic heterogeneity, with southern states ...

Ofloxacin is an antibiotic in the quinolone group, and is also important for leprosy treatment. It has bactericidal activity, and is used in daily doses of 400mg. After four weeks of treatment, 99.9% ...

(CNN) — Law enforcement has tracked someone they believe to be Travis Decker – accused of killing his own children – in the Blewett Pass area of Washington state Tuesday evening, the Chelan ...

The premier’s directives came Tuesday, June 10, 2025, during a meeting to follow up on the government’s efforts to uproot leprosy disease. The meeting was attended by the ministers of health and ...

Early Thursday morning, the House of Representatives passed the fiscal year 2025 budget reconciliation bill, known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, by a narrow 215-214 vote.The sweeping package, ...

Some 4.5 million children - primarily in California, Texas, and Florida - could lose access to the Child Tax Credit if a new budget proposal passes.

Visakhapatnam: Visakhapatnam had reported 299 cases of leprosy in 2019. ... "Our study had no children with disabilities, likely due to early paucibacillary leprosy diagnosis.