{
  "id": 20228453,
  "title": "Ebola outbreak remains out of control in Congo 6 months into response",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/ebola-outbreak-remains-out-of-control-in-congo-6-months-into-response-20228453",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-15T21:07:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PBS NewsHour",
    "slug": "pbs-newshour",
    "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/ebola-outbreak-remains-out-of-control-in-congo-6-months-into-response"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "More than 11,000 cases have been recorded, and nearly half of those infected have died, according to government data. It is the deadliest of Congo's 17 outbreaks and is on track to surpass the death toll from the West African outbreak that killed 11,000 people between 2014 and 2016.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 7,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The National Business",
        "title": "Ebola outbreak not under control amid 'dysfunctions' in response, MSF warns",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/ebola-outbreak-not-under-control-amid-dysfunctions-in-response-msf",
        "published": "2026-11-15T02:00:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "Congo Ebola outbreak claims nearly half of infected as cases cross 11,000",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/congo-ebola-outbreak-claims-nearly-half-of-infected-as-cases-cross-11",
        "published": "2026-11-15T06:44:57.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "KBC",
        "title": "WHO calls for halt in DRC hostilities to protect Ebola response gains",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/who-calls-for-halt-in-drc-hostilities-to-protect-ebola-response-gains",
        "published": "2026-11-15T11:22:59.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Medical Xpress",
        "title": "Ebola outbreak remains out of control in Congo 6 months into response",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/ebola-outbreak-remains-out-of-control-in-congo-6-months-into-response",
        "published": "2026-11-15T13:04:58.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "SABC News",
        "title": "Africa CDC says Ebola outbreak remains out of control",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/africa-cdc-says-ebola-outbreak-remains-out-of-control",
        "published": "2026-11-15T18:50:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Maverick",
        "title": "Africa CDC says Ebola outbreak still out of control six months since it was",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/africa-cdc-says-ebola-outbreak-still-out-of-control-six-months-since",
        "published": "2026-11-15T19:32:51.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}