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  'The harder you look the more you find': Nepal's hidden leprosy

  The Guardian - Rebecca Ratcliffe

  One summer’s morning Paniya Sardar noticed a strange mark on her leg. It was the size of her palm, light in colour and felt numb to touch. She had no idea what had caused it. The family took Paniya, then 14, to a private clinic near their home on the outskirts of Biratnagar, a city in southern …

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  In India, a Renewed Fight Against Leprosy (Published 2019)

  The New York Times - Apoorva Mandavilli

  Health workers thought they had vanquished the disease in 2005. But it lived on, cloaked in stigma and medical mystery. Three years ago, Siddamma’s mother-in-law developed pale patches on her arms. But Siddamma, 32, did not get along with her, and did not pry. A year or so later, she noticed that …

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  Giving at Christmas may be good for you but it's a complicated business

  irishtimes.com - Orla Muldoon

  If you are a bit financially embarrassed this Christmas, maybe you could offer some time in support of a favoured relative, cause or carol service. …

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  What life was like for a medieval leper

  CNN - Ashley Strickland

  CNN — In excavating the medieval site of the St. Mary Magdalen hospital cemetery and chapel in Winchester, England, researchers were looking to genotype a strain of leprosy. They wanted to shed light on the origins and evolution of the epidemic that plagued Europe in the Middle Ages. Among the …

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