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  "id": 7796988,
  "title": "How bacteria hijack viruses to shuffle their own DNA",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/how-bacteria-hijack-viruses-to-shuffle-their-own-dna",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-16T13:20:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-bacteria-hijack-viruses-shuffle-dna.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "When you think of viruses, you probably think of flu-like symptoms and quarantines. Humankind has suffered from viral diseases ranging from smallpox to COVID-19, hantavirus and Ebola since the dawn of recorded history.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "AllAfrica Health",
        "title": "Africa: How Bacteria Hijack Viruses to Shuffle Their Own DNA",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/africa-how-bacteria-hijack-viruses-to-shuffle-their-own-dna",
        "published": "2026-09-16T05:21:55.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}