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  "id": 1695954,
  "title": "Ebola in DRC: Deadliest outbreak on record ‘outpacing the response’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/ebola-in-drc-deadliest-outbreak-on-record-outpacing-the-response",
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  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-18T10:55:17.000Z",
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    "name": "France 24",
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    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/ebola-in-drc-deadliest-outbreak-on-record-outpacing-the-response"
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  "summary": "Eve Irvine is pleased to welcome WHO Spokesperson Tarik Jašarević. His central concern is that we do not yet know where all the places the Ebola virus is circulating: infected people remain outside treatment centres, transmission chains go undetected, and patients who seek care too late face much poorer chances of survival. Conflict, population mobility and other humanitarian pressures make…",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/congos-fast-moving-ebola-outbreak-becomes-the-countrys-worst-with",
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        "title": "Congo's fast-moving Ebola outbreak becomes the country's worst with over 2,300 dead",
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        "outlet": "The Hindu Health",
        "title": "Congo's fast-moving Ebola outbreak becomes country's worst with over 2,300 dead",
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        "published": "2026-08-18T04:15:38.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "RTE News",
        "title": "Ebola outbreak could be contained within 3 months - WHO",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/ebola-outbreak-could-be-contained-within-3-months-who",
        "published": "2026-08-18T10:12:22.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "RFI English",
        "title": "DRC authorities warn Ebola outbreak is worst to date and yet to peak",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/drc-authorities-warn-ebola-outbreak-is-worst-to-date-and-yet-to-peak",
        "published": "2026-08-18T11:17:50.000Z"
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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."
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