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  "id": 9360328,
  "title": "How human impacts increase the risk of emerging infectious disease outbreaks",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/how-human-impacts-increase-the-risk-of-emerging-infectious-disease",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-23T15:00:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-human-impacts-emerging-infectious-disease.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Global fragmentation of ecosystems and changing patterns of rainfall have increased the risk of diseases spreading to humans from animals, mosquitoes and ticks, finds a study co-led by a University College London (UCL) researcher.",
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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."
}