Penikese Island is one of the Elizabeth Island chain that hangs like a string of jewels across Buzzard’s Bay west of Martha’s Vineyard. It has a distinction few places have ever challenged: From 1905 ...

The abandoned leper colony of Chios is to be renovated and become a focal point in the history of the Greek island.

John Tayman's book The Colony tells the story of Molokai, the slice of Hawaiian paradise that was turned into an infamous 19th century leper... 'The Colony' Details Molokai's Painful History RENEE ...

As the world battles the COVID-19 pandemic, resources are being sucked away from the fight against a host of debilitating ...

On Jan. 3, 1865, the Kingdom of Hawaii, then a sovereign state, enacted “An Act to Prevent the Spread of Leprosy.” Any person suspected of having the ancient disease – which is mentioned as far back ...

Richard Marks, who educated tourists on the Hawaiian island of Molokai about Hansen’s disease and the history of the Kalaupapa leprosy settlement and helped the state end its forced quarantine of the ...

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) singled out a statue of Father Damien, a Catholic priest who ministered to a Hawaiian leper colony, as an example of “white supremacist culture.” ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Authorities have reported a robbery on a tiny Greek island once used as a leper colony. Police said Monday that power tools were used to break into the archaeological site at the ...

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