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  "id": 8507686,
  "title": "Blood Transfusion: Jehovah’s Witnesses ease restrictions after eight decades",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/blood-transfusion-jehovahs-witnesses-ease-restrictions-after-eight",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-19T17:51:33.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.premiumtimesng.com/entertainment/naija-fashion/910876-blood-transfusion-jehovahs-witnesses-ease-restrictions-after-eight-decades.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The announcement is the organisation’s second adjustment to its blood policy in six months, following an earlier change concerning the storage and reuse of a patient’s own blood. The post Blood Transfusion: Jehovah’s Witnesses ease restrictions after eight decades appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria .",
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      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "Jehovah’s Witnesses announce adjustment to blood transfusion policy",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/jehovahs-witnesses-announce-adjustment-to-blood-transfusion-policy",
        "published": "2026-09-19T11:08:41.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "Jehovah’s Witnesses make major U-turn on blood transfusion policy",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/jehovahs-witnesses-make-major-u-turn-on-blood-transfusion-policy",
        "published": "2026-09-19T13:41:48.000Z"
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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."
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