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  "id": 1921491,
  "title": "Medical researcher who touted Covid ‘cure’ and was hailed by Dr Oz under fire over ethics",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/medical-researcher-who-touted-covid-cure-and-was-hailed-by-dr-oz-1921491",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-19T11:00:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/aug/19/french-medical-researcher-covid-ethics"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "New findings further call into question scientific judgment of current health leaders in the Trump administration A French researcher whose work was praised by Donald Trump and Dr Mehmet Oz during the Covid-19 pandemic published hundreds of papers with “substantial” ethical and legal concerns, according to a new analysis. An international team of scientists found concerns in 853 articles…",
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        "title": "Medical researcher who touted Covid ‘cure’ and was hailed by Dr Oz under fire over ethics",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/medical-researcher-who-touted-covid-cure-and-was-hailed-by-dr-oz",
        "published": "2026-08-19T11:00:13.000Z"
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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."
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