"History comes alive in the voices of those who remember it" - we take a look at documentary The Other World (La Muraille) https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/the-other-world-2025-film-review-by-amber-wilkinson #VisionsDuReel #documentary #leprosy #film #cinema
For #BlackHistoryMonth pharmaceutical #chemist Alice Ball (1892-1916) who developed 1st effective treatment for #leprosy. Though her life was cut tragically short, her research saved 1000s from exile & painful, ineffective lifelong treatment for leprosy, & she was a trailblazer for women & Black scientists.
Ball studied #chemistry at UW earning a BSc & 2nd degree in pharmacy 2 years later. 
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I have a blog post in honor of #WorldLeprosyDay looking at music as a tool for social change, drawing on examples of leprosy awareness campaigns in India
@hacks4pancakes That’s such a betrayal, I don’t understand it, all I feel like I can do is make note of the betrayals so we never forget.
I hope people don’t pay money to go to a conference where they could be arrested and legally abused the moment they step outside.
But also, #leprosy is endemic in #Floriduh. It hardly seems worth any of these risks.
A blog post on a must-watch short documentary from 1962.
Documenting Lepers' Lives: The House Is Black (1962)
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LEPROSY Release New Album, Reborn In Yourself
https://bravewords.com/news/leprosy-release-new-album-reborn-in-yourself
Everything you ever wanted to know about leprosy, and probably a bit more.
“The medieval red squirrel strain we recovered is more closely related to medieval human strains from the same city than to strains isolated from infected modern red squirrels. Overall, our results point to an independent circulation of M. leprae strains between humans and red squirrels during the Medieval Period.”
https://www.medievalists.net/2024/05/medieval-squirrels-leprosy/ #medieval #squirrels #leprosy
A health ministry survey has found some 35% of respondents have prejudiced or discriminatory attitudes toward former leprosy patients and their families. Leprosy is not highly infectious, but Japan's isolation policy was in place for about 90 years https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/05/japan/society/ex-leprosy-patients-opinion-survey/ #japan #society #leprosy #surveys #discrimination #japanesecourts #mhlw
#SARSCoV2 parallels #HIV. Draw the parallels and you will see why once bygone pathogens like #leprosy are reactivating.
We need to repurpose antivirals using #TreatmentAsPrevention to buy time by slowing or halting disease progression while researchers like yourself seek a cure.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treatment_as_prevention?wprov=sfti1#
It's a real renaissance for infectious #diseases in #Florida. #DeSantis' #antivaxx policies, and laissez-faire attitude towards #publicHealth has led to a massive spike in #leprosy infections in the state. Who the hell gets leprosy in 2024? Floridians, that's who! Nice job, Ron.
#FloridaGOP #FloridaPolitics #BoycottFlorida #FireRonDeSantis #VoteBlue #VoteBlue2024 #VoteBlueToSaveDemocracy
Experts Warn Leprosy Isn't Ancient History as Cases Surge in The US
https://www.sciencealert.com/experts-warn-leprosy-isnt-ancient-history-as-cases-surge-in-the-us #health #medicine #disease #leprosy #HansensDisease #Florida #armadillos #treatable
#Cdnpoli #Uspoli #Leprosy #Florida #Health #Republican #ChristoFascists #Ignorance #AntiScience
Leprosy doth thrive and grow in the dark ages and realm of DeSatan
Leprosy Cases Surge in Florida as Experts Warn Ailment Is Not Ancient History
Ron DeSantis: Let’s make leprosy great again!
@ScienceDesk @TheConversationUS Of course, #leprosy is spreading in the anti-#science haven of #Floriduh.
Leprosy cases are rising in the U.S. What is the ancient disease and why is it spreading now?
@TheConversationUS spoke to Robert A. Schwartz, professor and head of dermatology at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School.
#Leprosy cases are rising in the US – what is the ancient disease and why is it spreading now?
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