{
  "id": 2075577,
  "title": "Breaking: Bird flu suspected as over 1,000 birds dead in three mass mortality events",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/breaking-bird-flu-suspected-as-over-1-000-birds-dead-in-three-mass",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-20T04:47:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ABC News AU",
    "slug": "abc-news-au",
    "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/1000-bird-deaths-linked-to-h5n1-flu-and-three-mass-mortalities/107058878"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Three mass bird mortality events believed to be linked to the H5N1 avian flu strain have been recorded on islands off SA. In a separate event, more than two dozen penguins have been found dead in Tasmania, with testing now underway.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "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."
}