{
  "id": 807689,
  "title": "Medical misinformation is putting children at risk, New Zealand study warns",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/medical-misinformation-is-putting-children-at-risk-new-zealand-study",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-13T20:20:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-medical-misinformation-children-zealand.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Medical misinformation may delay treatment for children, a case report warns. The New Zealand study describes the case of a 9-year-old girl who developed serious complications when her parents did not follow the course of antibiotics prescribed to treat a cat scratch, instead using silver nitrate at home.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}