Elderly
The Senate plenum approved a legislative project to bolster care and protection for older adults amid rising indigence and assaults on this demographic. Promoted by Senator Karina Espinosa, the initiative reforms state fund management and toughens penalties for neglect. It aims to optimize resources such as the elderly welfare stamp.
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São Paulo Mayor Ricardo Nunes (MDB) issued a decree on March 13 reallocating R$51.9 million from the 2026 budget, cutting bus subsidies and elderly programs to fund road works and Autódromo de Interlagos upgrades. The PT opposition criticizes the freezes, while city hall downplays the effect. Councilors demanded explanations from the Sports Secretariat.
A helmeted man tried to snatch a 70-year-old woman's gold chain inside a lift in a Greater Noida West residential society. The assailant fled after the woman raised an alarm. Police are reviewing CCTV footage and expect to arrest him soon.
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In response to the chikungunya virus circulation, Cuba's health system has launched an intervention using Biomodulina T to protect those over 70 in Havana. This national science-based strategy aims to bolster natural defenses and reduce inflammatory aftereffects. The study involves nearly 700 people at the Abelardo Ramírez polyclinic.