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  "id": 654076,
  "title": "Long Covid study finds gut immune system struggling to clear lingering virus",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/long-covid-study-finds-gut-immune-system-struggling-to-clear",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-12T10:00:59.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.moneyweb.co.za/news-fast-news/long-covid-study-finds-gut-immune-system-struggling-to-clear-lingering-virus/"
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  "summary": "The immune abnormalities were much more pronounced in intestinal tissue than in blood, suggesting blood tests may miss important biological changes occurring inside tissues.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Sick Times",
        "title": "VIPER aims to fast track Long COVID biomarkers. Here’s how it works.",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/viper-aims-to-fast-track-long-covid-biomarkers-heres-how-it-works",
        "published": "2026-08-11T17:19:41.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Medical Xpress",
        "title": "27% of UK health care workers report long COVID symptoms",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/27-of-uk-health-care-workers-report-long-covid-symptoms",
        "published": "2026-08-11T19:00:03.000Z"
      }
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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."
}