{
  "id": 132130,
  "title": "Fast-growing Ebola outbreak in DRC surges to second-largest on record",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/fast-growing-ebola-outbreak-in-drc-surges-to-second-largest-on-record",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-04T12:32:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Egypt Independent",
    "slug": "egypt-independent",
    "url": "https://www.egyptindependent.com/fast-growing-ebola-outbreak-in-drc-surges-to-second-largest-on-record/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has quickly grown into the second-largest on record, with cases taking just weeks to reach levels that had taken years in previous outbreaks. There have been at least 3,553 confirmed cases since this outbreak was identified in mid-May, according to data published Friday by the … The post Fast-growing Ebola outbreak in DRC surges to…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
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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."
}