Medieval residents of Winchester, England, probably got their leprosy from red squirrels in the area, according to a team of archaeologists and geneticists that studied remains from two ...

Scientists found genetic similarities between the leprosy strains found in medieval squirrels and humans, suggesting the disease may have passed between the species. “This is the first time that ...

The Hôtel-Dieu hospital in Paris. This is one of the few pictures of the inside of a medieval hospital There were also leper hospitals. These were on the outskirts of towns so that lepers could ...