{
  "id": 11444769,
  "title": "UBC researchers studied the case of a B.C. teen critically ill from avian flu. They were surprised",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/ubc-researchers-studied-the-case-of-a-b-c-teen-critically-ill-from",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-02T13:00:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Vancouver Sun",
    "slug": "vancouver-sun",
    "url": "https://vancouversun.com/news/ubc-researchers-bc-teen-avian-flu-surprising"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "UBC researchers found that two mutations in the H5N1 strain actually weakened the virus’s ability to bind to human cells.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}