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  "id": 9737505,
  "title": "At least five candidates vie to become the next WHO leader, as questions over U.S. role loom",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/at-least-five-candidates-vie-to-become-the-next-who-leader-as",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-25T08:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "STAT News",
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    "url": "https://www.statnews.com/2026/09/25/world-health-organization-candidates-for-next-director-general/"
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  "summary": "At least five candidates are in the running to become the next director-general of the WHO, a job that will come with extraordinary challenges.",
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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."
}