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  "id": 16779359,
  "title": "Where humans build, mosquitoes follow—bringing dengue, West Nile and other diseases with them",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/where-humans-build-mosquitoes-follow-bringing-dengue-west-nile-and-16779359",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-27T17:50:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-humans-mosquitoes-dengue-west-nile.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A mosquito buzzing in your backyard may seem like a minor annoyance. But these tiny insects, with their taste for human blood, are increasingly appearing in areas where they were once rare or absent, and that's raising concerns about the spread of mosquito-borne diseases, including West Nile, Zika and dengue fever.",
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "eLife",
        "title": "Tracking West Nile virus dynamics using viral loads from trapped mosquitoes",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/tracking-west-nile-virus-dynamics-using-viral-loads-from-trapped",
        "published": "2026-10-27T00:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}