{
  "id": 7883756,
  "title": "A sharper picture of a pandemic: Uncovering the complex history of the plague after the Black Death",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/a-sharper-picture-of-a-pandemic-uncovering-the-complex-history-of-the",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-16T22:00:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-sharper-picture-pandemic-uncovering-complex.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Black Death is often remembered as a single catastrophic event that swept across Europe between 1347 and 1353, killing millions. Yet the disease did not disappear after that first devastating outbreak. For more than four centuries, plague continued to return in recurring waves, reshaping communities, economies and societies across Europe and beyond. A new study led by researchers at the…",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}