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  "id": 2435680,
  "title": "Alfalfa Sprouts Linked to 15-State Food-Poisoning Outbreak",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/alfalfa-sprouts-linked-to-15-state-food-poisoning-outbreak",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-21T20:39:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MedPage Today",
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    "url": "https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/publichealth/122720"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "(MedPage Today) -- U.S. health officials say a food-poisoning outbreak tied to alfalfa sprouts and involving both Salmonella and E. coli has sickened people in 15 states. State officials announced the outbreak earlier this week, saying they documented...",
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      {
        "outlet": "Associated Press",
        "title": "Alfalfa sprout linked to food-poisoning outbreak in 15 states, health officials say",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/alfalfa-sprout-linked-to-food-poisoning-outbreak-in-15-states-health",
        "published": "2026-08-21T19:23:02.000Z"
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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."
}