Healers are St. Mungo's are saying that they are hopeful upon the possibility of a cure for the virus which has been ripping through the wizarding world since February. This plague, as some are calling it, just claimed its sixth victim in herbologist and socialite Louisa Wilkes (27) this past week.

"The development of this cure is still in its early stages," says Perry Smethwyck, the head of the St. Mungo's healers who have banded together to form a team to solve this deathly riddle. "But I can say that the healers I have working on this are some of the best, and we have been making great progress just within the short time in which we've been working." Continued on A3.