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  "id": 18627,
  "title": "Under fire from Republican senators, Fauci takes the Fifth at COVID-19 hearing",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/29/under-fire-from-republican-senators-fauci-takes-the-fifth-at-covid-19",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-07-29T06:35:00.000Z",
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    "name": "Science Magazine",
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  "summary": "Former top NIH official says Senator Rand Paul is trying to imprison him because of an “unhinged obsession”",
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      {
        "outlet": "Your Local Epidemiologist",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/21/covid-19-waking-up-cyclospora-marches-on-and-measles-is-close-to",
        "published": "2026-07-21T10:30:49.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "PBS NewsHour Health",
        "title": "WATCH: Fauci invokes 5th Amendment in GOP-led hearing about COVID-19 origins",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/29/watch-fauci-invokes-5th-amendment-in-gop-led-hearing-about-covid-19",
        "published": "2026-07-29T12:38:51.000Z"
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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."
}