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  "id": 12457919,
  "title": "An early start to flu season moves up vaccination timing",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/an-early-start-to-flu-season-moves-up-vaccination-timing",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-06T20:00:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NPR Health",
    "slug": "npr-health",
    "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/10/06/nx-s1-5985003/an-early-start-to-flu-season-moves-up-vaccination-timing"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "This year's flu season is unusual. It started early and in the West, instead of the South. A new variant with a mutation that helps the virus evade immunity may be playing a role.",
  "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."
}