{
  "id": 5168506,
  "title": "Autism-Vaccine Researcher Says He Stole $1M in CDC Grant Funds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/autism-vaccine-researcher-says-he-stole-1m-in-cdc-grant-funds",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-02T19:26:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MedPage Today",
    "slug": "medpage-today",
    "url": "https://www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/autism/122869"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "(MedPage Today) -- Poul Thorsen, MD, PhD, a Danish researcher who co-authored key papers demonstrating no links between childhood vaccines and autism, pleaded guilty today to operating a wire fraud scheme that stole CDC grant money awarded for...",
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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."
}