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  "id": 2023674,
  "title": "Robotic Phlebotomist Stand-In Gets FDA's Blessing",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/robotic-phlebotomist-stand-in-gets-fdas-blessing",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-19T20:23:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MedPage Today",
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    "url": "https://www.medpagetoday.com/washington-watch/fdageneral/122677"
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  "summary": "(MedPage Today) -- The FDA authorized the first robotic device that can independently draw patients' blood without a hands-on operator, the agency announced on Wednesday. The Aletta device uses near-infrared light and Doppler ultrasound to locate...",
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