{
  "id": 16008851,
  "title": "Outbreak at Rhodes University raises concerns over water and food safety",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/outbreak-at-rhodes-university-raises-concerns-over-water-and-food",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-22T05:29:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/opinion/2026-10-22-outbreak-at-rhodes-university-raises-concerns-over-water-and-food-safety/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Over 100 students at Rhodes University are ill as a gastrointestinal outbreak raises alarm over food and water safety. Amid ongoing water crises in Makhanda, local residents and students alike suffer from systemic neglect.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}