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  "id": 591196,
  "title": "Ebola: Over 2,000 dead in DR Congo as virus gathers pace",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/ebola-over-2-000-dead-in-dr-congo-as-virus-gathers-pace-591196",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-11T17:46:00.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.dw.com/en/ebola-over-2-000-dead-in-dr-congo-as-virus-gathers-pace/a-78327706?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf"
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  "summary": "Authorities in the DRC say the Ebola virus is killing faster than any outbreak on record. Scientists say it began sooner than thought, may have been transmitted from animals to humans and is gaining momentum.",
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        "published": "2026-08-10T07:08:16.000Z"
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        "outlet": "PBS NewsHour Health",
        "title": "Congo's fast-moving Ebola outbreak started month before it was declared, WHO says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/congos-fast-moving-ebola-outbreak-started-month-before-it-was",
        "published": "2026-08-10T18:34:03.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Congo says 2,000 people have died in its Ebola outbreak, the fastest growing on record",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/congo-says-2-000-people-have-died-in-its-ebola-outbreak-the-fastest",
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Ebola deaths surpass 2,000 in Democratic Republic of Congo",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/ebola-deaths-surpass-2-000-in-democratic-republic-of-congo",
        "published": "2026-08-11T08:45:43.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Congo Ebola death toll tops 2,000 in fastest spreading outbreak on record",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/congo-ebola-death-toll-tops-2-000-in-fastest-spreading-outbreak-on",
        "published": "2026-08-11T09:01:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Congo says 2,000 people died in Ebola outbreak, fastest growing on record",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/congo-says-2-000-people-died-in-ebola-outbreak-fastest-growing-on",
        "published": "2026-08-11T09:37:03.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "DW English (Top Stories)",
        "title": "Ebola: Over 2,000 dead in DR Congo as virus gathers pace",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/ebola-over-2-000-dead-in-dr-congo-as-virus-gathers-pace",
        "published": "2026-08-11T17:46:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Tempo.co English",
        "title": "Ebola: Over 2,000 Dead in DR Congo as Virus Gathers Pace",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/ebola-over-2-000-dead-in-dr-congo-as-virus-gathers-pace-608803",
        "published": "2026-08-11T22:33:35.000Z"
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