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  "id": 224795,
  "title": "‘We expected it, but now it’s here’: on the frontline of Australia’s bird flu outbreak, people are distressed",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/we-expected-it-but-now-its-here-on-the-frontline-of-australias-bird",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-06T15:00:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian",
    "slug": "the-guardian",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/07/we-expected-it-but-now-its-here-on-the-frontline-of-australias-bird-flu-outbreak-people-are-distressed"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "As Australia prepares for the H5 bird flu to potentially rip through hundreds of species, residents of the Limestone Coast are already seeing the impacts Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast It’s only been three weeks since H5 bird flu was detected on South Australia’s Limestone Coast, and already encounters with sick or dead birds are becoming commonplace. Maureen…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "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."
}