Solving Uganda's Nodding Syndrome

Thousands of children suffer from this mysterious disease, and rivers may hold a clue to its origins.

By Jennifer Abbasi
Feb 20, 2013 7:41 PMNov 12, 2019 5:52 AM
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Vicky Apara, 15, is one of thousands of children in Uganda suffering from the mysterious and sometimes fatal nodding disease now spreading there. | AP Photo/Stephen Wandera

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