{
  "id": 612009,
  "title": "A widely covered excess-death paper is retracted over misinformation concerns",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/a-widely-covered-excess-death-paper-is-retracted-over-misinformation",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-11T22:30:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-widely-excess-death-paper-retracted.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "BMJ Group has retracted a data analysis highlighting excess deaths in Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand following the pandemic. The retraction was prompted by misinformation about the possible reasons for the excess mortality and limited original work conducted by the authors.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}