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Repeated Stomach Issues? Doctors Flag Water, Hygiene Risks Beyond Food
Doctors say recurring diarrhea, typhoid and stomach infections may not always be food-related. Contaminated water and poor hygiene are major triggers of waterborne diseases, causing lakhs of deaths globally each year.
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Indore Contaminated Water Crisis Explained: What Went Wrong And How To Stay Safe
Indore faces a severe health emergency as contaminated drinking water allegedly caused by sewage leakage triggered a diarrhoea and vomiting outbreak. Multiple lives lost and hundreds of illnesses have prompted urgent preventive and medical guidance.
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Bangladesh Faces Rising Risk Of Waterborne Diseases As Floods Recede
Authorities in Bangladesh are bracing for the spread of waterborne diseases and racing to get drinking water to people after devastating floods last week that left at least 54 people dead and millions stranded.
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Foods You Need To Wash Thoroughly This Monsoon To Avoid Foodborne Diseases
Waterborne Diseases: By following these guidelines and washing fruits and vegetables thoroughly, you can significantly reduce the risk of foodborne illnesses and enjoy the delicious bounty of the monsoon season safely.
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Waterborne Diseases Spread In Gaza Due To Heat, Unsafe Water: UN
Waterborne diseases are spreading in Gaza due to a lack of clean water and rising temperatures, the United Nations humanitarian coordinator in Gaza said on Friday.
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The Rainy Season Makes Us More Susceptible To Infections; Follow These Preventive Tips
Waterborne diseases are particularly prevalent during the monsoon season and can increase the risk of infections. Follow these preventive tips.
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Odisha Steps Up Efforts To Check Waterborne Diseases In Flood-Hit Areas
The Odisha government has deployed medical teams in the districts, which have been flooded by incessant rain, to take measures to prevent waterborne diseases like diarrhoea, an official said on Saturday.
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Summer Diseases: 7 Common Diseases Summer Heat Might Cause & How To Prevent Them
Summer Diseases: We discuss the 7 most common diseases you may be prone to during summer. Their causes and how to prevent them altogether.
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Rat Fever Scare In Kerala: 5 Things To Know
In the aftermath of the floods in Kerala, a waterborne disease known leptospirosis or 'rat fever' has killed 12 people since August. Leptospirosis is transmitted in water containing infected urine from rodents and other animals. Rat fever rarely spreads from person to person and can be treated with common antibiotics. Kerala sees leptospirosis case...
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'Rat Fever' Cases Rise After Kerala Floods, 12 Dead Since August 1
Twelve people have died in Kerala since August, six of them in the last three days, due to the waterborne disease leptospirosis, locally known as 'rat fever'. The disease is not new to the state. Between January and July, Leptospirosis claimed 28 lives. But a spurt in the cases has been observed since the worst floods in a century hit the state on ...
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Repeated Stomach Issues? Doctors Flag Water, Hygiene Risks Beyond Food
Doctors say recurring diarrhea, typhoid and stomach infections may not always be food-related. Contaminated water and poor hygiene are major triggers of waterborne diseases, causing lakhs of deaths globally each year.
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Indore Contaminated Water Crisis Explained: What Went Wrong And How To Stay Safe
Indore faces a severe health emergency as contaminated drinking water allegedly caused by sewage leakage triggered a diarrhoea and vomiting outbreak. Multiple lives lost and hundreds of illnesses have prompted urgent preventive and medical guidance.
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Bangladesh Faces Rising Risk Of Waterborne Diseases As Floods Recede
Authorities in Bangladesh are bracing for the spread of waterborne diseases and racing to get drinking water to people after devastating floods last week that left at least 54 people dead and millions stranded.
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Foods You Need To Wash Thoroughly This Monsoon To Avoid Foodborne Diseases
Waterborne Diseases: By following these guidelines and washing fruits and vegetables thoroughly, you can significantly reduce the risk of foodborne illnesses and enjoy the delicious bounty of the monsoon season safely.
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Waterborne Diseases Spread In Gaza Due To Heat, Unsafe Water: UN
Waterborne diseases are spreading in Gaza due to a lack of clean water and rising temperatures, the United Nations humanitarian coordinator in Gaza said on Friday.
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The Rainy Season Makes Us More Susceptible To Infections; Follow These Preventive Tips
Waterborne diseases are particularly prevalent during the monsoon season and can increase the risk of infections. Follow these preventive tips.
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Odisha Steps Up Efforts To Check Waterborne Diseases In Flood-Hit Areas
The Odisha government has deployed medical teams in the districts, which have been flooded by incessant rain, to take measures to prevent waterborne diseases like diarrhoea, an official said on Saturday.
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Summer Diseases: 7 Common Diseases Summer Heat Might Cause & How To Prevent Them
Summer Diseases: We discuss the 7 most common diseases you may be prone to during summer. Their causes and how to prevent them altogether.
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Rat Fever Scare In Kerala: 5 Things To Know
In the aftermath of the floods in Kerala, a waterborne disease known leptospirosis or 'rat fever' has killed 12 people since August. Leptospirosis is transmitted in water containing infected urine from rodents and other animals. Rat fever rarely spreads from person to person and can be treated with common antibiotics. Kerala sees leptospirosis case...
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'Rat Fever' Cases Rise After Kerala Floods, 12 Dead Since August 1
Twelve people have died in Kerala since August, six of them in the last three days, due to the waterborne disease leptospirosis, locally known as 'rat fever'. The disease is not new to the state. Between January and July, Leptospirosis claimed 28 lives. But a spurt in the cases has been observed since the worst floods in a century hit the state on ...
