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  "id": 1429635,
  "title": "Ebola outbreak in DR Congo becomes deadliest in country’s history",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/ebola-outbreak-in-dr-congo-becomes-deadliest-in-countrys-history-1429635",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-17T05:41:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/news/ebola-outbreak-in-dr-congo-becomes-deadliest-in-countrys-history"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has killed 2,325 people, surpassing the death toll from the 2018-2020 outbreak to become the deadliest in the country’s history. The confirmed number of people infected with the virus has risen to 4,945, including 101 new cases detected in the previous 24 hours, the […]",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Ebola outbreak in DR Congo becomes deadliest in country's history",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/ebola-outbreak-in-dr-congo-becomes-deadliest-in-countrys-history-1431347",
        "published": "2026-08-17T05:38:48.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}