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  "id": 12599046,
  "title": "US Embassy issues Ebola alert to Americans in Kenya",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/us-embassy-issues-ebola-alert-to-americans-in-kenya-12599046",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-07T09:40:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
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    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/news/us-embassy-issues-ebola-alert-to-americans-in-kenya"
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  "summary": "The United States Embassy in Nairobi has issued a health alert to American citizens in Kenya following the country’s first reported case of Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease. The alert, issued on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, comes a day after the Kenyan government confirmed the imported case and announced that the patient had died. The embassy […]",
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        "published": "2026-10-07T08:34:39.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "KahawaTungu",
        "title": "US Embassy issues Ebola alert to Americans in Kenya",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/us-embassy-issues-ebola-alert-to-americans-in-kenya",
        "published": "2026-10-07T08:36:39.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Kenya reports first Ebola death after traveler from Congo via Uganda dies in Nairobi",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/kenya-reports-first-ebola-death-after-traveler-from-congo-via-uganda",
        "published": "2026-10-07T09:21:15.000Z"
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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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