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  "id": 16119209,
  "title": "Christina Applegate's experience highlights challenges of diagnosing MS",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/christina-applegates-experience-highlights-challenges-of-diagnosing-ms",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-22T22:35:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PBS NewsHour Health",
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    "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/christina-applegates-experience-highlights-challenges-of-diagnosing-ms"
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  "summary": "When actor Christina Applegate revealed that she had been misdiagnosed with multiple sclerosis, it triggered not only an outpouring of empathy for her, but raised important questions about how often people are told they have the condition when they don't. William Brangham discussed why MS can be so difficult to diagnose with Dr. Michael Kornberg of Johns Hopkins University.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Up to 20% of MS diagnoses may be wrong, like Christina Applegate's",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/up-to-20-of-ms-diagnoses-may-be-wrong-like-christina-applegates",
        "published": "2026-10-20T18:22:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Business Insider",
        "title": "Christina Applegate thought she had MS for 5 years. Now she's learned she was misdiagnosed — and her symptoms remain unexplained.",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/christina-applegate-thought-she-had-ms-for-5-years-now-shes-learned",
        "published": "2026-10-20T20:48:15.000Z"
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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."
}