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  "id": 1388328,
  "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",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-17T00:35:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBC News",
    "slug": "cbc-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/drc-ebola-outbreak-deadliest-in-history-9.7309296"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed 2,325 people, government data showed on Sunday, surpassing the toll from the 2018-2020 outbreak to become the deadliest in the country's history. The D.R.C.'s public health institute said in its latest report that confirmed cases had risen to 4,945.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "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": "The Guardian",
        "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",
        "published": "2026-08-17T00:09:57.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}