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In Voronezh, a girl spent two weeks in intensive care after a drug was prescribed at a private clinic

The Investigative Committee for Voronezh Region is looking into a case where, after a visit to a pediatric neurologist at a private clinic, the girl developed severe skin and inflammatory complications. The child spent two weeks in intensive care with diagnoses of epidermal necrolysis, toxic-allergic blepharoconjunctivitis and subacute vaginitis. According to the parents, the doctor did not refer the patient for examinations before prescribing an antiepileptic drug.

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MSU Begins Emergency Measles Vaccination After Law Student Infection

After a measles case was detected in a student of the Law Faculty of Moscow State University, the university has begun emergency vaccination and anti-epidemic measures. Vaccinations are administered by specialists of City Polyclinic No. 209 and the MSU University Polyclinic. Rospotrebnadzor has identified the circle of contact persons, and Law Faculty students have been switched to distance learning from October 21 to November 3.

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In Bashkortostan, doctors removed a dental prosthesis that a man had carried inside him for two years from his bronchus

In Sterlitamak, endoscopic surgeons removed a dental prosthesis with five gold teeth from a patient's right bronchus, which had been in his airways for about two years. The man believed the prosthesis had fallen out in his sleep and attributed his cough to age and a cold. The case was reported by Bashkortostan's Health Minister Airat Rakhmatullin.

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In the Moscow Region, Doctors Saved a Teenager's Testicle Injured During a Martial Arts Training Session

A teenager who suffered a severe injury during a martial arts training session hid the damage from his family for two days. At the Ramenskoye Hospital, doctors diagnosed a complete rupture of the testicular capsule and urgently operated on the patient. Surgeons drained the stagnant blood and restored the membrane; on the fifth day the young man was discharged in stable condition.

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Police conducted a five-hour raid at a MosTabak store in Moscow and seized six boxes of products

An inspection of a MosTabak chain store on Leningradsky Prospekt took place after a public raid by the SHOT PROVERKA project and the Healthy Fatherland movement, which found vapes and liquids banned in the Chestny Znak system. The raid involved UBEP officers and forensic specialists; six boxes of suspicious products were seized. The question of opening a criminal case is being considered.

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Emergency vaccination underway at MSU after a measles case detected in a student

A case of measles has been detected in one of the students at Moscow State University. The capital's Rospotrebnadzor reported that emergency vaccination is being carried out by City Polyclinic No. 290 and the MSU University Polyclinic. According to the Telegram channel Mash, students of the law faculty have been switched to distance learning until November 3.

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Moscow Region Reports Rescue of a Newborn Weighing 367 Grams

Moscow Region Health Minister Maxim Zabelin told TASS that neonatologists in the region saved their smallest patient — a baby weighing 367 grams. Since the beginning of 2026, more than 3.1 thousand premature babies have been nursed back to health in the region. Care is provided through a three-tier maternity care system.

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Moscow Region Surgeons Operate on Teenager with Severe Injury Sustained at a Martial Arts Training

Surgeons at the Ramenskoye Hospital in Moscow Region operated on a teenager who sustained a genital injury during a martial arts training session. According to the Moscow Region Ministry of Health, the schoolboy endured the pain for almost two days. Doctors diagnosed a complete rupture of the testicular capsule, removed the hematoma, and sutured the capsule. On the fifth day, the patient was discharged for outpatient treatment.

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In the Moscow Region, a Newborn Weighing 367 Grams Was Saved — the Smallest Patient in the Region's History

Moscow Region Health Minister Maxim Zabelin told TASS that doctors in the region saved a newborn weighing 367 grams — according to him, this is the smallest patient that Moscow Region neonatologists have managed to nurse back to health. Since the beginning of 2026, more than 3.1 thousand premature babies have been cared for in the region.

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Fire on Uralskaya Street in Moscow: mother of a child with cerebral palsy has died, the boy's condition has been stabilized

After a fire in an apartment on the second floor of a building on Uralskaya Street in Moscow, the mother and a child with cerebral palsy were in a state of clinical death. Later the woman died in hospital, and the minor's condition was stabilized. 40 people were rescued from the building, and firefighters found a body in the burning apartment.

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In Chelyabinsk, a 56-year-old patient died after an injection in the neck at a private clinic

A 56-year-old man died at a private clinic on Lenin Avenue in Chelyabinsk, where he was receiving a block injection for shoulder pain. According to his daughter, the drug was injected into his neck, and cardiac arrest occurred 10–15 minutes later. Investigators are establishing the circumstances, and the cause of death will be known after an expert examination.

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Psychologist explains how to react when a first-grader refuses to go to school

Anastasia Kuzmina, a clinical psychologist at SM-Clinica for Children, told Gazeta.Ru that a first-grader's refusal to go to school does not always indicate a serious problem, but it is important for parents to find out the cause of the anxiety. She gave recommendations on talking with the child, interacting with the teacher, and pointed out signs that require professional help.

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