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  "id": 169047,
  "title": "FDA is poised to decide whether to approve the first mRNA flu vaccine",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/fda-is-poised-to-decide-whether-to-approve-the-first-mrna-flu-vaccine",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-05T08:43:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NPR Health",
    "slug": "npr-health",
    "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/08/05/nx-s1-5919989/fda-is-poised-to-decide-whether-to-approve-the-first-mrna-flu-vaccine"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The FDA will soon decide whether to approve the first flu vaccine that uses the same mRNA technology as COVID-19 shots. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has long questioned mRNA vaccines.",
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      {
        "outlet": "NPR Health",
        "title": "An FDA decision could give us the first mRNA flu vaccine",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/an-fda-decision-could-give-us-the-first-mrna-flu-vaccine",
        "published": "2026-08-05T20:22:54.000Z"
      }
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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."
}