{
  "id": 19503371,
  "title": "Scientists find deadly virus DNA hidden in 1,000-year-old manuscripts",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/scientists-find-deadly-virus-dna-hidden-in-1-000-year-old-manuscripts",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-11T12:10:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ScienceDaily Health",
    "slug": "sciencedaily-health",
    "url": "https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/11/261106174545.htm"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Ancient manuscripts, including the 1,000-year-old York Gospels, have revealed traces of a deadly sheep virus whose history stretches back more than 3,700 years. Scientists discovered that the virus has remained remarkably unchanged for millennia, turning historic parchment into an unexpected record of ancient disease outbreaks.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}