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  "id": 2104927,
  "title": "A tiny insect, a deadly enemy: how medicine’s discovery of its impact shaped health and town planning",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/a-tiny-insect-a-deadly-enemy-how-medicines-discovery-of-its-impact-2104927",
  "topic": "health",
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  "published": "2026-08-20T08:47:12.000Z",
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  "summary": "The understanding that mosquitoes could cause malaria and other diseases did more than solve a biological mystery. It completely changed disease control: drainage of stagnant water, environmental sanitation, mosquito nets, screening of houses and later, insecticides became important public health tools",
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        "title": "A tiny insect, a deadly enemy: how medicine’s discovery of its impact shaped health and town planning",
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        "published": "2026-08-20T08:47:12.000Z"
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