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  "id": 14928722,
  "title": "Journal retracts, republishes paper on Long COVID treatment trial",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/journal-retracts-republishes-paper-on-long-covid-treatment-trial",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-15T20:55:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Retraction Watch",
    "slug": "retraction-watch",
    "url": "https://retractionwatch.com/2026/10/15/journal-retracts-republishes-paper-on-long-covid-treatment-trial/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Annals of Internal Medicine has retracted a paper on treatments for Long COVID because the authors did not report dosing information for metformin, one of the drugs tested in the study. The editor-in-chief of the journal called the exclusion “sloppy” and “inaccurate.” The same day the journal retracted the paper, it published a new version … Continue reading Journal retracts, republishes paper on…",
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Retraction Watch",
        "title": "Former Crick Ph.D. student loses COVID vaccine paper for fabrication",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/former-crick-ph-d-student-loses-covid-vaccine-paper-for-fabrication",
        "published": "2026-10-14T18:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}