A flurry of media hysteria about a forthcoming killer flu pandemic has sent the nation dashing down to the docs. What are the facts? Are we right to be worried?
Would you like to live forever? Regenerative therapies promise to transform many areas of medicine including ageing. But is this the start of a utopian dream or a nightmare?
The flu virus of 1918 killed up to 100 million people worldwide. What made it so lethal? Virologists say it's vital to answer this question if we are to avoid another deadly pandemic.
Why has Milagros Cerrón's condition attracted so much public attention? Though we now understand more about what causes such conditions, are the days of the freak show really over?
