Research finds evidence of bacterial infections causing the disease centuries before colonization. Leprosy already existed in the American continent before the arrival of European colonizers. This is ...

Archeologists studying a forested area in northern Michigan say they've uncovered what is likely the largest intact remains of an ancient Native American agricultural site in the eastern half of the ...

Long considered a disease brought to the Americas by European colonizers, leprosy may actually have a much older history on the American continent. Scientists reveal that a recently identified second ...