{
  "id": 689188,
  "title": "'Ebola is spreading at a speed we've never seen before,' co-discoverer of virus says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/ebola-is-spreading-at-a-speed-weve-never-seen-before-co-discoverer-of",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-12T15:30:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
    "slug": "le-monde-english",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/le-monde-africa/article/2026/08/12/ebola-is-spreading-at-a-speed-we-ve-never-seen-before-co-discoverer-of-virus-says_6756430_124.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Jean-Jacques Muyembe reflects on the current spread of the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In just three months, the death toll has nearly reached that of the 2018 epidemic, which lasted 22 months.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "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."
}