{
  "id": 9105992,
  "title": "Hidden in Plain Cite: HHS backs Teen Pregnancy Program priorities with phantom references",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/hidden-in-plain-cite-hhs-backs-teen-pregnancy-program-priorities-with",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-22T07:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Science-Based Medicine",
    "slug": "science-based-medicine",
    "url": "https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/hidden-in-plain-cite-hhs-backs-teen-pregnancy-program-priorities-with-phantom-references/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "This story came to my attention through mainstream headlines noting that a federal judge accused HHS of using fake and/or AI-generated references: So I decided to take a close look at the references myself. These dubious references appeared in two Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFOs) issued by the Teen Pregnancy Prevention program (TPP), administered by the Office of Population Affairs (OPA).…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Science-Based Medicine",
        "title": "Hidden in Plain Cite: HHS backs Teen Pregnancy Program priorities with phantom references",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/hidden-in-plain-cite-hhs-backs-teen-pregnancy-program-priorities-with-9113323",
        "published": "2026-09-22T07:30:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}