{
  "id": 1766990,
  "title": "World Humanitarian Day: Why humanitarian settings need more research, not less",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/world-humanitarian-day-why-humanitarian-settings-need-more-research",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-18T14:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PLOS Medicine",
    "slug": "plos-medicine",
    "url": "https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1005220"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "by Akihiro Seita Humanitarian crises are among the defining global health challenges of our time, yet medical research from these settings remains underrepresented. Medical journals should recognize that while conventional study designs are often not possible in humanitarian settings, this does not undermine the quality or rigor of such research, which deserves greater support and recognition. In…",
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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."
}