{
  "id": 2389587,
  "title": "2,500 dead and rising: UN says DR Congo Ebola outbreak 'growing exponentially'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/2-500-dead-and-rising-un-says-dr-congo-ebola-outbreak-growing",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-21T14:25:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260821-2-500-dead-and-rising-un-says-dr-congo-ebola-outbreak-growing-exponentially"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Ebola outbreak raging in the Democratic Republic of Congo is growing \"exponentially\", with more than 2,500 deaths recorded and half of those in the last 20 days, the senior UN coordinator on the disease said Friday. The Ebola outbreak is already the biggest in the country's history and is spreading faster than any outbreak of the deadly virus on record.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}