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Taboos About Death Impede Nepal’s Response to Organ Transplant Crisis
Nine of 10 people needing transplants never find a donor. Updated laws increase the donor pool by allowing transplants from brain-dead patients. But religious beliefs about reincarnation make such donations rare.
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Global Health
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Tuberculosis Treatment in Jeopardy as Zimbabwe Loses US Aid
The sudden halt of USAID funding threatens the country’s fragile TB response, putting thousands of patients at risk.
Civil Liberties
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Civilians Remain Jailed by Uganda’s Military Courts, Despite Supreme Court Ruling
Uganda’s Supreme Court in January banned the trial of civilians in military court with immediate effect. In practice, people who oppose President Yoweri Museveni remain in prison — and with even fewer ways to get out.
Environment
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Could Puerto Rico’s ‘Super Coral’ Reverse Reef Bleaching?
At El Eco reef, scientists are gathering clues about elkhorn coral’s resistance to rising temperatures.