{
  "id": 78250,
  "title": "Suspected mass bird flu deaths found in second state as Murray Watt warns ‘this is the beginning’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/suspected-mass-bird-flu-deaths-found-in-second-state-as-murray-watt",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-03T09:13:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian",
    "slug": "the-guardian",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/03/suspected-mass-bird-flu-deaths-found-in-second-state-as-murray-watt-warns-this-is-the-beginning"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Environment minister says Australia has ‘long and difficult journey’ and says more mass mortality events likely Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Aerial surveillance has detected mass bird deaths in a second Australian state in another suspected escalation of the spread of deadly H5 bird flu . The environment minister, Murray Watt, said on Monday Australia had begun “a…",
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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."
}