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Leprosy Is Not Quite Yet A Disease Of The Past

This 26-year-old man in the town of Min Hla in Myanmar has leprosy. Health care workers touch his skin with a napkin to see whether he feels it — a way to determine nerve damage. (Courtesy of Novartis Foundation)
This 26-year-old man in the town of Min Hla in Myanmar has leprosy. Health care workers touch his skin with a napkin to see whether he feels it — a way to determine nerve damage. (Courtesy of Novartis Foundation)

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