At a leper colony in Vietnam, Pontifical Mission Societies USA President Monsignor Roger Landry celebrated Mass, brought ...

Leprosy is a chronic infectious illness that ... Sensory nerve injury makes the extremities of the hands and feet vulnerable ...

Kalaupapa Peninsula sits on Molokai’s northern coast, cut off from the world by towering sea cliffs and rough waters. From 1866 to 1969, this isolated spot was Hawaii’s leprosy settlement, where ...

When nerve function is affected, patients may also experience numbness in the hands or feet and muscle weakness. If left untreated, leprosy can lead to physical disability, disfigurement ...