{
  "id": 13007613,
  "title": "Is the EU ready for the next pandemic?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/is-the-eu-ready-for-the-next-pandemic",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-09T02:15:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Politico EU",
    "slug": "politico-eu",
    "url": "https://www.politico.eu/podcast/brussels-playbook-podcast/is-the-eu-ready-for-the-next-pandemic/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Five years after the height of the Covid pandemic, how much better prepared is the EU for the next health crisis? Host Sarah Wheaton is joined by POLITICO health reporter Helen Collis and global health expert Michel Kazatchkine to discuss the mysterious death of a worker at a Russian anti-plague institute, and what it tells […]",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}