{
  "id": 788053,
  "title": "Foodborne illnesses: Is the US really being hit harder this year?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/foodborne-illnesses-is-the-us-really-being-hit-harder-this-year",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-13T14:48:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Live Science",
    "slug": "live-science",
    "url": "https://www.livescience.com/health/viruses-infections-disease/foodborne-illnesses-is-the-us-really-being-hit-harder-this-year"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "While parasitic Cyclospora infections have reached record-breaking numbers this year, experts have criticized coverage that has created the appearance of \"one massive outbreak.\" The reality is more nuanced.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Live Science",
        "title": "Foodborne illnesses: Is the US really being hit harder this year?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/foodborne-illnesses-is-the-us-really-being-hit-harder-this-year",
        "published": "2026-08-14T11:06:01.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}