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In response to the ongoing water contamination crisis in Indore's Bhagirathpura area—which has caused at least eight deaths and hundreds of illnesses from diarrhoea since late December 2025—the central government is providing financial and technical aid via AMRUT 2.0 schemes. Union Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs Tokhan Sahu shared these details in a Rajya Sabha reply on February 2, 2026.

31 januari 2026 Rapporterad av AI

Niger has urged unity in efforts to eradicate neglected tropical diseases across the region.

A 42-year-old woman has been hospitalized in grave condition in Belo Horizonte since December after injecting an illegal weight loss drug. The medication, known as Lipoless and unregistered with Anvisa, was purchased from Paraguay without a medical prescription. The case progressed to severe neurological complications, with suspected Guillain-Barré syndrome.

20 januari 2026 Rapporterad av AI

Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly has approved plans to expand animal shelters across Egypt's governorates, emphasizing construction away from residential areas to balance public safety and animal welfare. In 2025, Egypt vaccinated 121,000 stray dogs and sterilized 8,311 others as part of a national strategy to manage stray populations. The initiative includes boosting personnel and coordinating with non-governmental organizations.

Ett föreslaget uppdateringsförslag för hur fetma definieras – som kombinerar kroppsmasseindex med mått på bukfetma – skulle öka andelen amerikanska vuxna som klassificeras som feta från cirka 43 % till ungefär 69 %, enligt en analys från Mass General Brigham av över 300 000 deltagare i National Institutes of Healths All of Us Research Program.

31 december 2025 Rapporterad av AI Faktagranskad

En stor fall-kontrollstudie i Indien rapporterar att dricka cirka ett standardglas per dag (cirka 9 gram alkohol) är associerat med en uppskattad 50% högre risk för buccal mukosacancer. Forskarnas uppskattning är också att kombinationen av alkoholbruk och tuggtobak kan stå för cirka 62% av fallen nationellt, med starkast samband hos personer som främst konsumerade lokalt bryggda alkoholhaltiga drycker.