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  "id": 16312904,
  "title": "Kenya announces 2nd Ebola death, a close relative of the first patient",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/kenya-announces-2nd-ebola-death-a-close-relative-of-the-first-patient-16312904",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-24T09:29:05.000Z",
  "source": {
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  "summary": "Kenya's Health Ministry announced the country's second Ebola death Friday, saying a 65-year-old woman who was a close relative of the first patient died after developing symptoms while in quarantine.",
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        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Kenya reports second Ebola death, a close relative of first patient",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/kenya-reports-second-ebola-death-a-close-relative-of-first-patient",
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        "outlet": "The Japan News by The Yomiuri Shimbun",
        "title": "Kenya Announces 2nd Ebola Death, a Close Relative of the First Patient",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/kenya-announces-2nd-ebola-death-a-close-relative-of-the-first-patient",
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