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  "id": 28345,
  "title": "Fastest growing Ebola outbreak is worsening hunger in eastern Congo, UN agency chief warns",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/30/fastest-growing-ebola-outbreak-is-worsening-hunger-in-eastern-congo",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-07-30T20:43:46.000Z",
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The long-running conflict in eastern Congo has driven nearly 10 million people into crisis or emergency levels of hunger, with Ituri — the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak — among the most affected with 1.9 million in need of food, according to the World Food Program.",
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      {
        "outlet": "WHO Africa",
        "title": "Infodemic Trends Report- Special issue on the Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease 01–30 June 2026",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/24/infodemic-trends-report-special-issue-on-the-ebola-bundibugyo-virus",
        "published": "2026-07-24T07:27:55.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "ETHealthworld",
        "title": "Congo says the death toll in fastest-growing Ebola outbreak has passed 1,500",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/30/congo-says-the-death-toll-in-fastest-growing-ebola-outbreak-has",
        "published": "2026-07-30T12:51:44.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu Health",
        "title": "Why is it difficult to contain the growing Ebola outbreak in DRC? | Explained",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/31/why-is-it-difficult-to-contain-the-growing-ebola-outbreak-in-drc",
        "published": "2026-07-31T06:50:10.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian",
        "title": "Ebola outbreak in DRC the fastest growing in the history of the virus",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/31/ebola-outbreak-in-drc-the-fastest-growing-in-the-history-of-the-virus",
        "published": "2026-07-31T08:00:08.000Z"
      }
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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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