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  "id": 3729134,
  "title": "Ebola outbreak over in Uganda but cases still rising in DR Congo",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/ebola-outbreak-over-in-uganda-but-cases-still-rising-in-dr-congo",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-27T11:29:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260827-ebola-outbreak-over-in-uganda-but-cases-still-rising-in-dr-congo"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The outbreak of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola in Uganda is over but it is still not under control in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo. The Congolese government says there have been more than 2,700 deaths and more than 5,600 cases of Ebola and that transmission remains active.",
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      {
        "outlet": "AllAfrica Health",
        "title": "Africa: Second Meeting of the Ihr Emergency Committee On the Epidemic of Ebola Bundibugyo Virus Disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - Temporary Recommendations",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/africa-second-meeting-of-the-ihr-emergency-committee-on-the-epidemic",
        "published": "2026-08-25T06:57:39.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Semafor",
        "title": "Ebola spreading ‘exponentially’ in DR Congo, experts warn",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/ebola-spreading-exponentially-in-dr-congo-experts-warn",
        "published": "2026-08-26T10:36:42.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "SABC News",
        "title": "Ebola outbreak in Uganda over, cases continue to rise in Congo: WHO",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/ebola-outbreak-in-uganda-over-cases-continue-to-rise-in-congo-who",
        "published": "2026-08-26T16:32:16.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Le Monde English",
        "title": "In DR Congo, healthcare workers on the front lines of Ebola face anger and exhaustion as they remain unpaid",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/in-dr-congo-healthcare-workers-on-the-front-lines-of-ebola-face-anger",
        "published": "2026-08-27T00:27:10.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Parents and teachers in Congo urge delay of school resumption as Ebola outbreak rages on",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/parents-and-teachers-in-congo-urge-delay-of-school-resumption-as-3764945",
        "published": "2026-08-27T15:29:45.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "UN chief appeals for $1bn in Ebola aid for DR Congo",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/un-chief-appeals-for-1bn-in-ebola-aid-for-dr-congo",
        "published": "2026-08-27T15:34:17.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Associated Press",
        "title": "Parents and teachers in Congo urge delay of school resumption as Ebola outbreak rages on",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/parents-and-teachers-in-congo-urge-delay-of-school-resumption-as",
        "published": "2026-08-27T15:53:02.000Z"
      }
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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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