Leprosy outbreak causes concerns in Northwest Arkansas

What the ...??? We need to get control of our borders! These diseases should be picked up by proper screening of immigrants BEFORE they enter our communities and infect them.

Allowing this to happen is the fault of the President and Congress. I say it is time for change in Washington. Fire ALL the incumbents who have voted against securing the borders. Send them all home.

In the meantime, we need to get the fools currently there to get to work and actually do SOMETHING. Not that we can expect much from this current divided Congress. Seal the border for one year and see what happens. See if that can get the numbers of diseases and other horrors to at least slow down. I am willing to bet that it will! Who wants to try and take some of my money?

Leprosy outbreak causes concerns in Northwest Arkansas: "The medical community is warning the public: a leprosy outbreak in Springdale could blossom into an epidemic, if something isn't done soon.

Doctors say at least nine cases of leprosy have been confirmed in Springdale. Local doctors say they would be shocked by even one case of leprosy in their entire career, so they say something must be done soon, in order to stop leprosy's spread.

Springdale MD Jennifer Bingham says, 'my initial response was: I am shocked. I am shocked we are seeing this. It's a true reason to be very worried.'

Medical specialists say the Marshall Islands have the most cases of leprosy, in the world. And the city with the largest number of Marshallese people, outside the Marshall islands, is Springdale. And Bingham says, it makes sense, then, that leprosy is spreading to the city. 'It's from the Marshall islands; that's why we're seeing it.'"