{
  "id": 3082415,
  "title": "The FDA Just Authorized the First Robot That Can Draw Blood. It Comes as America Faces a Phlebotomist Shortage",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/the-fda-just-authorized-the-first-robot-that-can-draw-blood-it-comes",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-24T18:23:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Inc.",
    "slug": "inc",
    "url": "https://www.inc.com/lucia-auerbach/fda-authorized-first-robot-that-can-draw-blood/91395157"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Vitestro’s Aletta uses ultrasound and imaging to find veins and perform routine blood draws, offering a potential answer to the nationwide phlebotomist shortage.",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}