{
  "id": 14069231,
  "title": "Burial rites: Epidemiologists warn Nigerians against unsafe corpse handling",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/burial-rites-epidemiologists-warn-nigerians-against-unsafe-corpse-14069231",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-12T23:54:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Nigerian epidemiologists have warned against unsafe corpse handling during burial rites, citing the risk of spreading infectious diseases through body flui Read More: https://punchng.com/burial-rites-epidemiologists-warn-nigerians-against-unsafe-corpse-handling/",
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        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "Burial rites: Epidemiologists warn Nigerians against unsafe corpse handling",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/burial-rites-epidemiologists-warn-nigerians-against-unsafe-corpse",
        "published": "2026-10-12T23:52:06.000Z"
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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."
}