Mirjahan Choudhury receives a free eye test at Rangia Post Office in India. Subhamoy Bhattacharjee for NPR hide title toggle title Subhamoy Bhattacharjee for NPR In recent years, Sangita Kalita has watched her mother and mother-in-law go to the local temple (called naamghar) in the state of Assam, India, and leave disappointed. On each visit,
Health workers interact at the Evangelical Medical Center, in Bunia, eastern Congo, on Friday, July 3, 2026, where Ebola clinical trials are planned to take place. Dirole Lotsima Dieudonne/AP hide title toggle title Dirole Lotsima Dieudonne/AP KINSHASA, Congo — New suspected Ebola cases have been reported in previously unaffected parts of Congo, the government said
The Department of Education plans to move oversight of special education to another agency, alarming many disability rights advocates. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images hide title toggle title Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images Catch up on what you missed with our educational newsletter, sent weekly. On a call with disability rights advocates Thursday, U.S. Department of Education officials sought
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Carl Smigielski, 61, is now single, having been a caregiver for his husband, Moshe, who died in 2019. He hopes to be a “lone ager,” someone who doesn’t have a family member to rely on as he grows up. Ashley Milne-Tyte for NPR hide title toggle title Ashley Milne-Tyte for NPR Stay up to date
Mininyx Doodle/iStockphoto//Getty Images For stories about healthy living, subscribe to NPR Health Bulletin. Should surgeons be allowed to perform euthanasia by removing patients’ hearts and other organs while they are still alive? The idea, called “Death by Organ Donation,” would allow patients undergoing euthanasia to donate organs for transplants in a way that would make
