{
  "id": 16240807,
  "title": "US–Mexico border counties face high kidney disease–related mortality and low nephrologist availability",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/us-mexico-border-counties-face-high-kidney-disease-related-mortality",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-23T22:30:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-usmexico-border-counties-high-kidney.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "New research indicates that U.S.–Mexico border counties experience disproportionately elevated rates of death from chronic kidney disease (CKD), alongside reduced availability of nephrologists. The findings will be presented at ASN Kidney Week 2026, Oct. 22–25.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Mexico News Daily",
        "title": "Mexico’s best-known ufologist’s latest claim is a humanoid ‘being’ near the northern border",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/mexicos-best-known-ufologists-latest-claim-is-a-humanoid-being-near",
        "published": "2026-10-23T23:17:08.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}