Ireland Health News API

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            "title": "New recombinant mpox strain detected in UK and India, WHO urges continued monitoring",
            "description": "The detection of a newly identified recombinant mpox virus containing genetic material from two known strains underscores the need for continued genomic surveillance, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday, as the overall global public health risk assessment remains unchanged.",
            "content": "WHO confirmed that two cases of the recombinant strain – combining genomic elements of clades Ib and IIb of the monkeypox virus (MPXV) – have been identified to date: one in the United Kingdom and one in India. Both patients had recent travel histori... [2470 chars]",
            "url": "https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/02/1166966",
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            "publishedAt": "2026-02-15T01:28:11Z",
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            "title": "Studies test whether gene-editing can fix high cholesterol. For now, take your medicine",
            "description": "Scientists are testing an entirely new way to fight heart disease: a gene-editing treatment that might offer a one-time fix for high cholesterol. It’s very early stage research, tried in only a few dozen people so far. But gene-editing approaches being developed by two companies show hints that switching off…",
            "content": "Scientists are testing an entirely new way to fight heart disease: a gene-editing treatment that might offer a one-time fix for high cholesterol.\nIt’s very early stage research, tried in only a few dozen people so far. But gene-editing approaches bei... [5591 chars]",
            "url": "https://japantoday.com/category/features/health/studies-test-whether-gene-editing-can-fix-high-cholesterol.-for-now-take-your-medicine",
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            "publishedAt": "2026-02-14T21:28:14Z",
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                "name": "Japan Today",
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            "title": "I was addicted to pick ‘n’ mix and I ‘cheated’ my gastric op - but now I’ve gone from a size 24 to 10, here’s my secret",
            "description": "STANDING on the scales, Jess Toms felt a wave of panic wash over her.\nIt was the 60th time she’d weighed herself that day, and the numbers...",
            "content": "STANDING on the scales, Jess Toms felt a wave of panic wash over her.\nIt was the 60th time she’d weighed herself that day, and the numbers weren’t budging, sending her anxiety rocketing before her slimming club weigh-in.\nIn the run up to the weekly w... [7976 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thesun.ie/fabulous/16537521/size-20-to-size-10-weight-loss-secret/",
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            "publishedAt": "2026-02-14T17:01:07Z",
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