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  "id": 1383008,
  "title": "Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo now deadliest in country’s history",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/ebola-outbreak-in-democratic-republic-of-congo-now-deadliest-in",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-17T00:09:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian",
    "slug": "the-guardian",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/17/ebola-outbreak-drc-democratic-republic-of-congo-deadliest-in-history"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "At least 2,325 people have been killed, according to government data, surpassing the death toll from 2018-20 outbreak The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is now the deadliest in the country’s history with at least 2,325 people killed, according to government data, surpassing the toll from the 2018-20 outbreak. Congo’s public health institute said on Sunday that confirmed cases…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Exhausted health workers in Congo struggle to keep up as Ebola outpaces contact tracing",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/exhausted-health-workers-in-congo-struggle-to-keep-up-as-ebola",
        "published": "2026-08-15T05:35:38.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "RTE News",
        "title": "Ebola outbreak in DR Congo deadliest in country's history",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/ebola-outbreak-in-dr-congo-deadliest-in-countrys-history",
        "published": "2026-08-17T00:08:09.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBC News",
        "title": "Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak is now the deadliest in its history",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/democratic-republic-of-congos-ebola-outbreak-is-now-the-deadliest-in",
        "published": "2026-08-17T00:35:41.000Z"
      }
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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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