Divine punishment in the form of 10 plagues afflicted the Egyptians as the Pharaoh refused the entreaties of Moses and Aaron to let their people go.
Mythology, in which black shirts are sacred shrouds and players form a super-race which protects and projects an isolated nation's identity, collided with reality, in the form of the mortality which afflicts all elite athletes.
Those afflicted with blind beliefs and profound short-sightedness seem to have risen to the top again in the form of willful ideologues and single-issue groups.
Created in the form of an app, it tells the story of the silents, people afflicted since birth with a virus that causes them to be unable to process spoken or written language.
AP reports: The ECB said the financial crisis that has afflicted the 17-country eurozone was a factor discouraging use of the euro for reserves (no kidding), which are often held in the form of government bonds.
Over 15 million Americans are already afflicted with a form of the disease and the number is rising at the rate of 2 million new cases every year.
In the 13 December issue of Cell Stem Cell, researchers report using stem cells from patients afflicted with a form of muscular dystrophy to correct the disorder in mice.
Told by a 15-year-old boy detective afflicted with a form of autism, it was acclaimed by the judges in London as a work with resonance for adults as well as adolescents, Reuters reported.
Because of the vast number of patients afflicted by some form of anxiety disorder, decentralization of treatment through telemedicine or self-guided therapy could make a huge difference.
In a discovery that is capturing the attention of experts on mad cow disease, an Israeli scientist has reported finding a unique substance in the urine of people and animals afflicted with various forms of the malady.
ANTHRAX AND SMALLPOX -- The bad news at home was another case of anthrax -- a postal worker who was afflicted in his lungs, the most dangerous form of the disease.
