{
  "id": 10429929,
  "title": "Millions of Americans don't have a surgeon in their home county: study",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/millions-of-americans-dont-have-a-surgeon-in-their-home-county-study",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-28T09:30:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Fierce Healthcare",
    "slug": "fierce-healthcare",
    "url": "https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/millions-americans-dont-have-surgeon-their-home-county-study"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Just over 15 million people live in a county with no general surgeons, and nearly 10 million in a county with no specialty surgeons, according to a new analysis from the American College of Surgeons and the University of North Carolina",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Guardian Health",
        "title": "Gen X is drinking more as younger Americans cut back on alcohol, study finds",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/gen-x-is-drinking-more-as-younger-americans-cut-back-on-alcohol-study",
        "published": "2026-09-26T12:00:35.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}