Today is Rare Disease Day, and to mark it, we're taking a look at one condition that killed all those who contracted it in a rather disturbing way.

The Fore people, who until the mid-20th century were relatively isolated from the rest of the world in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea, had a tradition of mortuary feasts, during which ...

Lilly BeSoer runs a community based organisation has become an unofficial refuge for women and men fleeing sorcery related violence and tribal fighting in the PNG Highlands.

The Papua New Guinea tribe developed strong genetic resistance after a major epidemic of the CJD-like disease, kuru, spread mostly by cannibalism. Current Edition Topics ...