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Efforts to trace contacts of people with Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been hampered by mistrust in conflict-ridden outbreak zone.
Officials pledge support for European-led ‘Plan S’ to make research papers immediately free to read — but it’s unclear whether China will adopt all the plan’s policies.
Online letter argues that Plan S — which dictates that research papers be immediately free to read — will not impinge on academic freedom, as some critics claim.