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  "id": 10610703,
  "title": "Ebola cases hit more than 8,000 as DRC fights outbreak",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/ebola-cases-hit-more-than-8-000-as-drc-fights-outbreak",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-29T04:16:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
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    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/news/ebola-cases-hit-more-than-8000-as-drc-fights-outbreak"
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  "summary": "The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has recorded over 8,000 cases of Ebola, including almost 4,000 deaths, amid the worst outbreak in the country’s history, according to government data. The latest report, published on Monday by the DRC’s public health institute, put the number of cases at 8,067 and deaths at 3,901, representing a […]",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu - Sci-Tech",
        "title": "Mpox case confirmed in northeastern Congolese city at center of Ebola outbreak",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/mpox-case-confirmed-in-northeastern-congolese-city-at-center-of-ebola",
        "published": "2026-09-27T06:10:43.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Ajel English",
        "title": "Ebola outbreak in DR Congo surpasses 8,000 cases, 3,900 deaths",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/ebola-outbreak-in-dr-congo-surpasses-8-000-cases-3-900-deaths",
        "published": "2026-09-28T07:35:17.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian",
        "title": "DRC politician beaten to death after radio appearance about Ebola outbreak",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/drc-politician-beaten-to-death-after-radio-appearance-about-ebola",
        "published": "2026-09-28T15:54:25.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "People Daily Kenya",
        "title": "DRC politician beaten to death after radio appearance about Ebola outbreak",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/drc-politician-beaten-to-death-after-radio-appearance-about-ebola-10520111",
        "published": "2026-09-28T19:46:05.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Japan Times",
        "title": "Ebola is hollowing out basic healthcare as Congo’s outbreak surpasses 8,000 cases",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/ebola-is-hollowing-out-basic-healthcare-as-congos-outbreak-surpasses",
        "published": "2026-09-29T05:24:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}