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  "id": 2027066,
  "title": "Congo's Largest Ebola Outbreak Tops 5,000 Cases as Death Toll Exceeds 2,300",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/congos-largest-ebola-outbreak-tops-5-000-cases-as-death-toll-exceeds",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-19T22:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Discover Magazine",
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    "url": "https://www.discovermagazine.com/congo-s-largest-ebola-outbreak-tops-5-000-cases-as-death-toll-exceeds-2-300-49565"
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  "summary": "Learn why a rare type of Ebola is spreading so quickly in Congo and what makes the outbreak difficult to contain.",
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        "outlet": "Medical Xpress",
        "title": "Congo's Ebola outbreak reaches 5,000 cases as it outpaces response efforts at unprecedented speed",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/congos-ebola-outbreak-reaches-5-000-cases-as-it-outpaces-response-1949723",
        "published": "2026-08-19T14:20:03.000Z"
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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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