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  "id": 12740777,
  "title": "Common airway bacterium may help prepare lungs to fight pneumonia",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/common-airway-bacterium-may-help-prepare-lungs-to-fight-pneumonia",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-07T23:40:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-common-airway-bacterium-lungs-pneumonia.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A common bacterium found in the mouth and airways may help the lungs better defend themselves against pneumonia, according to new research from the University of Colorado Anschutz.",
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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."
}