Fatal treatment

A burning problem

The foot-and-mouth scare assumes alarming proportions in the UK

A heart condition

RISKY IMPORT

Why we shouldn't be too quick to blame migratory animals for global disease

Recent research indicates that migratory animals may not be the primary culprit

Eliminating dengue by infecting mosquitoes with naturally occurring bacteria

Novel research holds promise as India prepares to begin trials

Mother Teresa, the saint who fought against stigma of leprosy

She established a number of mobile leper clinics as early as September 1957

Curative combo

Fun time for fungi

Fungal infections stalk the corridors hospitals in the Capital

Rats on the rampage

Parasite-struck

Dangerous make-up

A warning against indiscriminate selling and buying in a new fad: herbal drugs

Beware of the bindi

Catching up with the killer

The mouth trap

Latest studies on rhesus monkeys point to the risk of contracting the AIDS virus via the mouth

Care on wheels

On a come-back trail

GABON

TANZANIA

Overblown myth

Where mind matters

Singeing in the veins

High levels of an amino acid in the blood could be responsible for heart disease

Matters of the heart

Death-watch

Secondhand victims