{
  "id": 879900,
  "title": "Controversial Covid-19 study retracted over links to vaccine misinformation",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/controversial-covid-19-study-retracted-over-links-to-vaccine",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-14T12:23:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RFI English",
    "slug": "rfi-english",
    "url": "https://www.rfi.fr/en/international/20260814-controversial-covid-19-study-retracted-over-links-to-vaccine-misinformation"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A controversial study analysing excess deaths during the Covid-19 pandemic has been retracted, after being widely criticised for lending credence to vaccine scepticism.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}