{
  "id": 9780120,
  "title": "Deaths linked to treatable emergency surgical conditions are rising in the US",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/deaths-linked-to-treatable-emergency-surgical-conditions-are-rising",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-25T15:00:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-deaths-linked-treatable-emergency-surgical.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Death rates associated with three common, treatable emergency general surgery conditions rose about 50% among U.S. adults ages 18 to 64 between 1999 and 2020—and rose nearly twice as fast in rural communities as in urban ones, according to a national analysis of nearly 20,000 deaths.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "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."
}