{
  "id": 1288027,
  "title": "Shrinking water bodies can turn drought into disease hotspots or dead ends",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/shrinking-water-bodies-can-turn-drought-into-disease-hotspots-or-dead",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-16T14:40:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-08-bodies-drought-disease-hotspots-dead.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Prolonged dry spells or droughts can sometimes reduce aquatic diseases, many of which affect people. Yet other times, water scarcity can counterintuitively lead to an uptick in diseases that depend on water.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}