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  "id": 593260,
  "title": "Fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history has claimed 2,000 lives. Here's why it is hard to contain",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/fastest-growing-ebola-outbreak-in-history-has-claimed-2-000-lives-593260",
  "topic": "health",
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  "published": "2026-08-11T17:57:02.000Z",
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  "summary": "Congo's health authorities report 4,381 confirmed cases, including 2,011 deaths. This outbreak is spreading almost three times faster than the 2014-16 outbreak in West Africa, the deadliest in history.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Medical Xpress",
        "title": "WHO says Congo's fast-moving Ebola outbreak started months before it was declared",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/who-says-congos-fast-moving-ebola-outbreak-started-months-before-it-507227",
        "published": "2026-08-10T22:20:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Thousands die as DR Congo faces fastest growing Ebola outbreak on record",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/thousands-die-as-dr-congo-faces-fastest-growing-ebola-outbreak-on",
        "published": "2026-08-11T11:47:31.000Z"
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        "outlet": "PBS NewsHour Health",
        "title": "Fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history has claimed 2,000 lives. Here's why it is hard to contain",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/fastest-growing-ebola-outbreak-in-history-has-claimed-2-000-lives",
        "published": "2026-08-11T17:57:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "DR Congo Ebola death toll surpasses 2,000",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/dr-congo-ebola-death-toll-surpasses-2-000",
        "published": "2026-08-11T20:15:26.000Z"
      }
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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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