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  "title": "What happens next with bird flu? An expert explains why monitoring matters",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/what-happens-next-with-bird-flu-an-expert-explains-why-monitoring-4639106",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-31T11:20:03.000Z",
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  "summary": "The lethal H5N1 strain of avian influenza is rapidly spreading along the coast of southern Australia, where it has killed thousands of wild birds and infected at least two long-nosed fur seals.",
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        "title": "What happens next with bird flu? An expert explains why monitoring matters",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/what-happens-next-with-bird-flu-an-expert-explains-why-monitoring",
        "published": "2026-08-31T03:02:05.000Z"
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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."
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