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Promoting and protecting the public’s health: recommendations for a new Administration and Congress, 2025

Big Cities Health Coalition

The Big Cities Health Coalition (BCHC), representing the leaders of health departments serving nearly 61 million Americans, calls on the incoming Administration and Congress to enhance support for local public health systems.

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Looking at Leprosy

Gideon

In 2008, a second species, Mycobacterium lepromatosis , was also found to cause leprosy. The disease was referenced as a curse in the Bible and by the Ancient Greeks. During the Middle Ages, “Leper Colonies” were built to isolate these patients, with as many as 19,000 such institutions existing across Europe.[10] 135-6, 2015.