Since biblical times the fear of disease has meant more to no other disease than leprosy. It attacks the nerves and skin with disfiguring results. Though not highly communicable, lepers were long ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Jan. 3, 1865, the Kingdom of Hawaii, then a sovereign state, enacted “An Act to Prevent the Spread of Leprosy.” Any person ...

Saint Damien de Veuster was a Belgian priest and missionary of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts who served those ...

My old mule Tita clopped straight up to the edge of the first switchback. One more step and we’d tumble down a sheer cliff, falling almost 1,600 feet to the sea. But mules are smart creatures and, at ...

For Robert Louis Stevenson, travel meant discovery, exploration and writing about it. The history and culture of Hawaii came under his scrutiny in the winter and spring of 1889. Researching through ...

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 ...