{
  "id": 228017,
  "title": "Ebola outbreak spreading faster than efforts to fight it: WHO",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/ebola-outbreak-spreading-faster-than-efforts-to-fight-it-who",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-06T15:32:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/6013995-ebola-cases-outpacing-who-response/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "New reported cases of Ebola are outpacing the response capabilities from international health partners, a top World Health Organization (WHO) official said this week. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the “outbreak is spreading faster than our scale up of the response” in a statement shared on social media following a Wednesday meeting with health...",
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      {
        "outlet": "Associated Press",
        "title": "Dozens of health workers at epicenter of Congo’s Ebola outbreak protest lack of payment",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/dozens-of-health-workers-at-epicenter-of-congos-ebola-outbreak",
        "published": "2026-08-06T09:23:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian",
        "title": "Ebola virus behind massive outbreak in DRC could be mutating, officials say",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/ebola-virus-behind-massive-outbreak-in-drc-could-be-mutating",
        "published": "2026-08-06T16:18:46.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "NPR Health",
        "title": "The Ebola outbreak in DR Congo is outpacing responders",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/the-ebola-outbreak-in-dr-congo-is-outpacing-responders",
        "published": "2026-08-07T20:24:44.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}