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The death rate for Marburg virus is nearly 90%. There are no approved vaccines and treatments. So how did Rwanda achieve what one doctor calls an "unprecedented" success in controlling its outbreak?

Here's a costume that won't take a lot of fuss -- and will earn you the title "world's scariest animal" this Halloween.

Geitaoui Hospital has Lebanon's only unit specializing in burn treatment. Since Israel launched an air and ground invasion of the country to fight Hezbollah, burn cases have mounted.

In the late 1960s, he went to Dhaka to work on cholera. There he became involved in the development of oral rehydration therapy -- hailed as one of the most significant medical advances of the century.

How do you encourage women to report domestic violence? In one Pakistani city, there's a new strategy: sending in female cops on pink scooters.