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  "id": 12643197,
  "title": "Heart disease gaps persist despite overall declines",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/heart-disease-gaps-persist-despite-overall-declines",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-07T14:00:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-heart-disease-gaps-persist-declines.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Despite sustained declines in overall cardiovascular disease mortality in the U.S., disparities based on race, ethnicity and place persist, with mortality varying far more across counties than states, according to a county-by-cause-by-population analysis published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology.",
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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."
}