{
  "id": 16066440,
  "title": "Shamonda virus detected in human for first time in France",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/shamonda-virus-detected-in-human-for-first-time-in-france",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-22T15:07:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Health",
    "slug": "guardian-health",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/22/shamonda-virus-detected-in-human-first-time-france"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Investigations under way to determine whether virus normally found in livestock contributed to man’s death A man in France has become the first human known to have contracted Shamonda virus, with investigations under way to explore whether it contributed to his death. Shamonda virus is a type of bunyavirus and is spread by bites from infected midges. According to the Austrian Agency for Health…",
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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."
}