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  "id": 3904707,
  "title": "Dolphin dies from H5 bird flu in SA as researchers withdrawn from sub-Antarctic island over ‘psychosocial risk’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/dolphin-dies-from-h5-bird-flu-in-sa-as-researchers-withdrawn-from-sub",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-28T05:40:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian Australia",
    "slug": "the-guardian-australia",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/28/dolphin-dies-from-h5-bird-flu-in-sa-as-researchers-withdrawn-from-sub-antarctic-island-over-psychosocial-risk"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Australian government announces 24 expeditioners based at research station on Macquarie Island will be evacuated over possible ‘prolonged psychological stress’ A dolphin has died from H5 bird flu in South Australia, marking the second native mammal species known to have contracted the virus. It comes as the federal government announced it would withdraw researchers from the subantarctic Macquarie…",
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        "outlet": "The Guardian",
        "title": "Dolphin dies from H5 bird flu in SA as researchers withdrawn from sub-Antarctic island over ‘psychosocial risk’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/dolphin-dies-from-h5-bird-flu-in-sa-as-researchers-withdrawn-from-sub-3906972",
        "published": "2026-08-28T05:40:40.000Z"
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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."
}