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  "id": 2396998,
  "title": "Daily 20 mg of zinc reduces infections by nearly 40% in children with sickle cell anemia",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/daily-20-mg-of-zinc-reduces-infections-by-nearly-40-in-children-with",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-21T15:20:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-daily-mg-zinc-infections-children.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A daily 20-milligram dose of zinc reduced infections by nearly 40% among Ugandan children younger than 5 with sickle cell anemia, according to new research led by scientists at the Indiana University School of Medicine and their study partners in Uganda. The findings, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), point to an affordable, well-tolerated strategy to decrease…",
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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."
}