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  "id": 8236119,
  "title": "‘Clear retribution’: dismay as key Alzheimer’s study cancelled amid Trump attacks on science",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/clear-retribution-dismay-as-key-alzheimers-study-cancelled-amid-trump",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-18T11:00:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/18/pittsburgh-trump-funding-cuts-nih-alzheimers"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Participants in Pittsburgh may never learn the results of their cognitive tests – and funding cuts that target ‘DEI’ have the potential to delay vital diagnoses Roderick Blair was surprised when scientific researchers appeared on his doorstep in the Homewood neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Here, on a recent summer day, police cars, an ambulance and a TV reporter crowded into a driveway…",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian US",
        "title": "Hundreds of ageing Americans may not get results of Alzheimer’s study due to Trump cuts",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/hundreds-of-ageing-americans-may-not-get-results-of-alzheimers-study",
        "published": "2026-09-17T11:00:47.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}