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  "id": 222556,
  "title": "WHO calls for 'intensified' response as DR Congo Ebola cases near 4,000",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/who-calls-for-intensified-response-as-dr-congo-ebola-cases-near-4-000",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-06T10:19:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260806-who-calls-for-intensified-response-as-dr-congo-ebola-cases-near-4-000"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Ebola outbreak is spreading, with the number of infections rising rapidly. Declared in mid-May, this seventeenth Ebola outbreak has already claimed more than 1,700 lives. To address this situation, the World Health Organisation has called for an \"intensified\" medical response. Teams of doctors have been sent to the DR Congo, and specialised centres…",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/who-chief-urges-stronger-ebola-response-in-dr-congo-visit",
        "published": "2026-08-05T21:21:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Medical Xpress",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/who-chief-says-ebola-outbreak-is-outpacing-response-as-aid-workers",
        "published": "2026-08-06T07:40:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "DR Congo Ebola health workers protest unpaid wages as deaths surpass 1,800",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/dr-congo-ebola-health-workers-protest-unpaid-wages-as-deaths-surpass",
        "published": "2026-08-06T13:07:16.000Z"
      }
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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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