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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 Mwezi wa kwanza, 2026 Imeripotiwa na 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 Mwezi wa kwanza, 2026 Imeripotiwa na 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.

A proposed update to how obesity is defined—combining body mass index with measures of abdominal fat—would raise the share of U.S. adults classified as having obesity from about 43% to roughly 69%, according to a Mass General Brigham analysis of more than 300,000 participants in the National Institutes of Health’s All of Us Research Program.

31 Mwezi wa kumi na mbili, 2025 Imeripotiwa na AI Imethibitishwa ukweli

A large case-control study in India reports that drinking about one standard drink a day (roughly 9 grams of alcohol) is associated with an estimated 50% higher risk of buccal mucosa cancer. The researchers also estimate that the combination of alcohol use and chewing tobacco may account for about 62% of cases nationally, with the strongest association seen among people who mainly consumed locally brewed alcoholic beverages.