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  "id": 7969762,
  "title": "Congo-Brazzaville: Congo's Ebola Epidemic May Have Gone Undetected for Months",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/congo-brazzaville-congos-ebola-epidemic-may-have-gone-undetected-for",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-17T06:30:39.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://allafrica.com/stories/202609170083.html"
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  "summary": "[DW] 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": "Nation Africa",
        "title": "Ebola response making progress in Congo, but outbreak 'far from over,' WHO says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/ebola-response-making-progress-in-congo-but-outbreak-far-from-over",
        "published": "2026-09-17T04:18:38.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "AllAfrica",
        "title": "Congo-Brazzaville: Congo's Ebola Epidemic May Have Gone Undetected for Months",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/congo-brazzaville-congos-ebola-epidemic-may-have-gone-undetected-for-7978630",
        "published": "2026-09-17T06:30:39.000Z"
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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."
}