{
  "id": 17038761,
  "title": "Why the WHO must declare climate change a public health emergency",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/why-the-who-must-declare-climate-change-a-public-health-emergency",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-29T08:55:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-declare-climate-health-emergency.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Across the world, people have felt the impacts of climate change firsthand. The Northern Hemisphere has had another record-breaking summer season of heat and extreme weather events. The Southern Hemisphere now faces a summer of heat waves, flooding, wildfires and droughts. This is driven by decades of climate change, now supercharged by an unprecedented El Niño—the warm phase of the El Niño…",
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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."
}