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  "title": "Ebola outbreak becomes Congo’s deadliest as UN warns virus is ‘winning’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/ebola-outbreak-becomes-congos-deadliest-as-un-warns-virus-is-winning",
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  "published": "2026-08-17T05:00:58.000Z",
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  "summary": "The death toll reached 2 325 after another 365 fatalities were recorded last week, surpassing the 2 299 deaths during Congo’s previous worst Ebola outbreak in 2018-2020.",
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        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "Congo Ebola outbreak becomes deadliest in country's history as death toll reaches new peak",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/congo-ebola-outbreak-becomes-deadliest-in-countrys-history-as-death",
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