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  "id": 1245439,
  "title": "Current Ebola outbreak on track to be deadliest with 2,000 deaths recorded: WHO chief",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/current-ebola-outbreak-on-track-to-be-deadliest-with-2-000-deaths",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-15T18:57:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mothership",
    "slug": "mothership",
    "url": "https://mothership.sg/2026/08/ebola-outbreak-2026/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The current outbreak's crude case fatality rate is 46.8 per cent.",
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      {
        "outlet": "PBS NewsHour Science",
        "title": "Congo Ebola outbreak on track to become deadliest in history",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/congo-ebola-outbreak-on-track-to-become-deadliest-in-history-920395",
        "published": "2026-08-14T22:45:49.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Sky News",
        "title": "Ebola outbreak in DR Congo now deadliest in country's history",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/ebola-outbreak-in-dr-congo-now-deadliest-in-countrys-history",
        "published": "2026-08-16T22:05:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Ebola outbreak in DR Congo becomes deadliest in country’s history",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/ebola-outbreak-in-dr-congo-becomes-deadliest-in-countrys-history",
        "published": "2026-08-16T23:17:00.000Z"
      }
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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."
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