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  "id": 2406344,
  "title": "Study Adds Fuel to the Debate on Statins and Respiratory Illness",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/study-adds-fuel-to-the-debate-on-statins-and-respiratory-illness",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-21T15:40:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MedPage Today",
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    "url": "https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/pneumonia/122706"
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  "summary": "(MedPage Today) -- Older adults starting on statins had a lower hospitalization risk for pneumonia and other respiratory infections, yet more frequently showed up with respiratory illness in the primary care setting, findings from a U.K. population...",
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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."
}