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  "id": 11430878,
  "title": "Ebola death toll in Congo tops 4,000 in fastest-growing outbreak on record",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/ebola-death-toll-in-congo-tops-4-000-in-fastest-growing-outbreak-on",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-02T11:24:59.000Z",
  "source": {
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  "summary": "Congo's Ebola outbreak has now recorded more than 4,000 deaths, authorities said, in what has become the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history.",
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        "outlet": "Bernama",
        "title": "World : Ebola Death Toll In DR Congo Exceeds 4,000",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/world-ebola-death-toll-in-dr-congo-exceeds-4-000",
        "published": "2026-10-02T07:14:53.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Medical Xpress",
        "title": "An Ebola treatment center was burned down as the death toll in Congo passes 4,000",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/an-ebola-treatment-center-was-burned-down-as-the-death-toll-in-congo-11450074",
        "published": "2026-10-02T12:13:04.000Z"
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        "title": "An Ebola treatment center was burned down as the death toll in Congo passes 4,000",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/an-ebola-treatment-center-was-burned-down-as-the-death-toll-in-congo",
        "published": "2026-10-02T12:13:04.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Ebola death toll surpasses 4,000 as DR Congo struggles to suppress outbreak",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/ebola-death-toll-surpasses-4-000-as-dr-congo-struggles-to-suppress",
        "published": "2026-10-02T12:56:18.000Z"
      }
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