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Biblical disease making a worrying comeback - and one unusual animal is to blame
Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease, is a chronic infectious disease caused by mycobacterium leprae - carried by armadillos who are reportedly migrating north as far as Michigan
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Urgent warning for brain-eating bug lurking in freshwater - 6 symptoms to spot
The bug, scientifically known as Naegleria fowleri, has already claimed lives across America, and can be picked up after bathing in freshwater