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Leper colony money was special money (scrip or vouchers) which circulated only in leper colonies (sanatoriums for people with leprosy) due to the fear that money could carry leprosy and infect other people. However, leprosy is not easily transmitted by casual contact or objects; actual transmission only happens through long-term, constant ...
A new CDC report suggests cases are rising in some states. Here's what you need to know about the condition.
Discord is an instant messaging and VoIP social platform which allows communication through voice calls, video calls, text messaging, and media.Communication can be private or take place in virtual communities called "servers".
The Dream SMP (sometimes referred to as DSMP; [1] [2] formerly as the Dream Team SMP) [3] [4] was an invite-only survival multiplayer [a] (SMP) Minecraft server.YouTubers Dream and GeorgeNotFound created a roleplay with Minecraft content creators.
The common opossum (Didelphis marsupialis), also called the southern or black-eared opossum [2] or gambá, and sometimes called a possum, is a marsupial species living from the northeast of Mexico to Bolivia (reaching the coast of the South Pacific Ocean to the central coast of Peru), including Trinidad and Tobago and the Windwards in the Caribbean, [2] where it is called manicou. [3]
Armadillos are moving into Indiana. In the southeastern U.S., they've been blamed in some cases of leprosy.
In the Yucatán peninsula they are known in the Yucatec Mayan language as "och" [72] and they are not considered part of the regular diet by Mayan people, but still considered edible in times of famine. Opossum oil (possum grease) is high in essential fatty acids and has been used as a chest rub and a carrier for arthritis remedies given as salves.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning that cases of leprosy, also known as Hansen’s disease, are surging in Florida and should be considered when making travel plans.