{
  "id": 5600521,
  "title": "Nicola Close obituary",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/nicola-close-obituary",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-04T16:39:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Health",
    "slug": "guardian-health",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/sep/04/nicola-close-obituary"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "My friend Nicola Close, who has died aged 75 of cancer, was a public health leader who made a major contribution to the field as chief executive of the Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH). Starting as its sole employee in 2007, she built an influential organisation currently employing 19 people. This became especially evident during the Covid-19 pandemic, when directors of public…",
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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."
}