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  "id": 6414455,
  "title": "The Blood Donation Blind Spot",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/the-blood-donation-blind-spot",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-09T11:00:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBS News",
    "slug": "cbs-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/video/healthful-norah-odonnell-the-blood-donation-blind-spot-episode-10/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Women may be disproportionately affected by blood shortages and are more likely than men to need a blood transfusion than men. That's why we're talking about this summer's blood supply crisis on this week's episode of Healthful. Dr. Courtney Lawrence from the Red Cross joins Norah to discuss why women are 10 times more likely to be iron-deficient. Also, could donating blood give you helpful…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}