Hansen House (Jerusalem) the doctor's personal residence in the Summer of 2017. Hansen House (Jerusalem) Hansen House is a historic building in Jerusalem. It is located in the city's affluent Talbiya neighbourhood, diagonally opposite from the Jerusalem Theatre. In the late 19th century it was a hospital for Hansen's disease (leprosy). Later, it served as an outpatient clinic and housed the National Center for Hansen's Disease. The hospital building and 40 acre lot were declared an Israel heritage site. Hansen House was established in 1887 to care for patients with leprosy, then an incurable disease. The two-story building was designed by Conrad Schick,
Occupational exposure to Lyme disease Occupational exposure to Lyme disease Occupational exposure to Lyme disease is exposure to Lyme disease on the job. It is a major health issue among outdoor workers. Lyme disease is the most commonly reported tick-borne disease in the United States. In 2010, more than 22,500 confirmed and 7,500 probable cases of Lyme disease were reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Lyme disease is passed to humans by the bite of black-legged ticks (also known as deer ticks in the eastern United States) and western black-legged ticks infected with the bacterium "Borrelia burgdorferi". The Lyme disease bacterium