{
  "id": 9780119,
  "title": "US will face a shortage of nearly 28,000 surgeons by 2038, first nationwide study finds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/us-will-face-a-shortage-of-nearly-28-000-surgeons-by-2038-first",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-25T15:00:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-shortage-surgeons-nationwide.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The United States will be short by nearly 28,000 surgeons by 2038, according to the first unified assessment of the country's surgical workforce.",
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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."
}