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  "id": 15896822,
  "title": "Africa CDC calls an Ebola crisis summit as Nigeria records its first case",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/africa-cdc-calls-an-ebola-crisis-summit-as-nigeria-records-its-first-15896822",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-21T13:40:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
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    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-africa-cdc-ebola-crisis-summit.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "African health ministers were invited Wednesday to an \"extraordinary virtual meeting\" to discuss the spread of Ebola after Nigeria reported its first case of the disease that has claimed thousands of lives and has spread rapidly since an outbreak began in Congo in May.",
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "STAT News",
        "title": "Nigeria identifies travel-related Ebola case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/nigeria-identifies-travel-related-ebola-case",
        "published": "2026-10-21T11:54:47.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "No Ebola case in Oyo — Commissioner",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/no-ebola-case-in-oyo-commissioner",
        "published": "2026-10-21T17:32:51.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}