{
  "id": 2190622,
  "title": "Ebola outbreak out of control in Democratic Republic of the Congo, WHO says: ‘It is spreading faster than our ability to contain it’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/ebola-outbreak-out-of-control-in-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-who",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-20T17:10:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "El Pais English",
    "slug": "el-pais-english",
    "url": "https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-08-20/ebola-outbreak-out-of-control-in-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-who-says-it-is-spreading-faster-than-our-ability-to-contain-it.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Over 5,000 people have contracted the disease and 2,420 have died in an epidemic that is already the deadliest in the country’s history, hitting communities displaced by war",
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  "editors_take": null,
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      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Ebola cases in Congo exceed 5,000, government data shows",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/ebola-cases-in-congo-exceed-5-000-government-data-shows",
        "published": "2026-08-20T03:33:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "DRC’s Ebola outbreak reaches 5,000 cases, outpaces response efforts at unprecedented speed",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/drcs-ebola-outbreak-reaches-5-000-cases-outpaces-response-efforts-at",
        "published": "2026-08-20T13:25:48.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "DR Congo to receive 70,000 doses of Ebola vaccine used in past outbreaks, WHO says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/dr-congo-to-receive-70-000-doses-of-ebola-vaccine-used-in-past",
        "published": "2026-08-20T14:08:41.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}