{
  "id": 9137370,
  "title": "Public health leaders report widespread harassment, threats after COVID-19",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/public-health-leaders-report-widespread-harassment-threats-after",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-22T11:40:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-health-leaders-widespread-threats-covid.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Backlash against public health officials, including intimidation and threats of physical harm, has been widespread in the years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and public health officials face ongoing risk in a divisive nation, according to a new study.",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}