Guerrero’s accounts reached the National Leprosarium in Carville, Louisiana, where empathetic Americans began gathering goods and sending them to Tala. Her efforts also led to an exposé in the ...

The Great Lakes provided a few cases, mainly Scandinavians. U. S. leprosarium is at Carville, La., 336 inmates last week. Contact us at letters@time.com ...

A little-known facet of American history comes to life in this fascinating account of Carville, La., a former plantation made over into a community established for victims of leprosy from around ...

Currently the site has turned into the National Hansen's Disease Museum. According to latest ... According to WHO, in 2019, 202 256 new cases of leprosy were registered from 161 countries across the ...