Kuru and cannibalism
by Robert Herriman from Outbreak News Today on (#314FF)
In the highlands of Papua New Guinea in the 1950s and 60s it was noticed that people (mostly women) of the Fore tribe were dying of what was originally thought to be a genetic disorder since it happened among family members. The disease stole away the affected person's ability to talk, walk and eat and ["]
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