{
  "id": 14219300,
  "title": "Volunteers Are Helping Unearth One of England's Oldest Leprosy Hospitals, Giving a Glimpse Into How Victims of the Disease Were Treated in Medieval Times",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/volunteers-are-helping-unearth-one-of-englands-oldest-leprosy",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-13T14:13:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Smithsonian",
    "slug": "smithsonian",
    "url": "https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/volunteers-are-helping-unearth-one-of-englands-oldest-leprosy-hospitals-giving-a-glimpse-into-how-victims-of-the-disease-were-treated-in-medieval-times-180989665/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Researchers believe that the Hospital of the Holy Innocents, founded in the 11th or 12th century, may have had \"little houses with a little yard\" for up to 20 people with leprosy. \"You’d need to have resources to get in here,\" one archaeologist says.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}