{
  "id": 2997157,
  "title": "Children make up half of mpox cases in Guinea-Bissau as epidemic spreads",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/children-make-up-half-of-mpox-cases-in-guinea-bissau-as-epidemic",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-24T10:11:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian",
    "slug": "the-guardian",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/aug/24/children-half-mpox-disease-cases-guinea-bissau-epidemic-spreads-west-africa"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "West African country reports 46 suspected cases in outbreak declared in July, amid fears virus may be spreading undetected More than half of the mpox cases reported in Guinea-Bissau have been among children, local authorities have said, almost two months since the country announced an epidemic. A national outbreak was declared on 4 July, just over a week after a 27-year-old woman became the first…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}