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  "path": "/2026/02/avian-malaria-transmission/",
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  "textContent": "Research led by UC Santa Cruz finds that both non-native and native birds play a key role in the transmission of a disease that has contributed to the extinction of over a dozen species of Hawaii's native birds",
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