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  "id": 12591998,
  "title": "An early flu season means it might be time to think about a flu shot",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/an-early-flu-season-means-it-might-be-time-to-think-about-a-flu-shot-12591998",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-07T09:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
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  "summary": "Flu season typically starts in October or November. But it looks like the flu started to pick up in September this year.",
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        "title": "An early flu season means it might be time to think about a flu shot",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/an-early-flu-season-means-it-might-be-time-to-think-about-a-flu-shot",
        "published": "2026-10-07T09:00:00.000Z"
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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."
}