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  "id": 7783507,
  "title": "Congo's Ebola epidemic may have gone unnoticed for months",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/congos-ebola-epidemic-may-have-gone-unnoticed-for-months",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-16T11:49:00.000Z",
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  "summary": "The deadliest Ebola outbreak on record in the Democratic Republic of Congo may have begun months before it was first declared in May.",
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        "outlet": "Dawn",
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        "outlet": "Business Recorder",
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        "published": "2026-09-12T21:36:43.000Z"
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        "outlet": "This Day",
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      {
        "outlet": "SABC News",
        "title": "UN says Ebola epidemic still huge and growing",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/un-says-ebola-epidemic-still-huge-and-growing",
        "published": "2026-09-15T10:13:36.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Deutsche Welle Science",
        "title": "Congo's Ebola epidemic may have gone unnoticed for months",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/congos-ebola-epidemic-may-have-gone-unnoticed-for-months-7789803",
        "published": "2026-09-16T11:49:00.000Z"
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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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