{
  "id": 1973377,
  "title": "NIH Lifts Ban on Research in South Africa",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/nih-lifts-ban-on-research-in-south-africa",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-19T16:22:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Health Policy Watch",
    "slug": "health-policy-watch",
    "url": "https://healthpolicy-watch.news/nih-lifts-ban-on-research-in-south-africa/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The United States (US) National Institutes of Health (NIH) has lifted its ban on funding research projects in South Africa, according to a report by the journal, Science. The journal quotes an internal NIH memo sent to staff on Wednesday by director Dr Jay Bhattacharya, which says the NIH is exempt from an executive order […]",
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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."
}