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Ebola kills 1,700 in eastern Congo as the fastest-growing outbreak surges

Headline from STAT, on the newest of 4 developments

Ebola has killed more than 1,700 people in eastern Congo in what has become the fastest-growing outbreak of the disease.

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4 dated developments, oldest first, newest marked. Each is named by one outlet's own headline; open its reports to see every outlet that covered it.

  1. Congo says the death toll in fastest-growing Ebola outbreak has passed 1,500

    Headline from WFMZ Allentown ·

  2. DR Congo Ebola outbreak becomes world's second-largest ever

    Headline from Deutsche Welle ·

  3. Outbreak in DR Congo 'intensifying': WHO

    Headline from MedicalXpress ·

  4. Newest

    Ebola kills 1,700 in eastern Congo as the fastest-growing outbreak surges

    Headline from STAT ·

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  1. Philadelphia Inquirer

    Congo says the death toll in fastest-growing Ebola outbreak has passed 1,500 (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Philadelphia Inquirer's feed description

    The fastest-growing recorded Ebola outbreak has killed over 1,500 people in eastern Congo.

  2. PBS NewsHour

    Fastest growing Ebola outbreak is worsening hunger in eastern Congo, UN agency chief warns (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    PBS NewsHour's feed description

    The long-running conflict in eastern Congo has driven nearly 10 million people into crisis or emergency levels of hunger, with Ituri — the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak — among the most affected with 1.9 million in need of food, according to the World Food Program.

  3. Al Jazeera

    DR Congo Ebola epidemic becomes world’s second largest outbreak (opens Al Jazeera)

    Published

    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Officials declare the outbreak the fastest spreading ever, warning the world to 'pay much more attention'.

  4. Deutsche Welle

    DR Congo Ebola outbreak becomes world's second-largest ever (opens Deutsche Welle)

    Published

    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    DR Congo’s fast-spreading Ebola outbreak has exceeded 3,500 cases, overtaking the country’s deadliest epidemic and becoming the world’s second-largest ever. The Bundibugyo strain has no approved vaccine or treatment.

  5. BBC News

    Current Ebola outbreak worst ever in DR Congo, WHO says (opens BBC News)

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    BBC News's feed description

    The current strain has so far killed 1,587 people, and there is currently no approved vaccine or treatment.

  6. BNO News

    Ebola outbreak in DR Congo becomes country’s largest on record (opens BNO News)

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    BNO News's feed description

    An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has become the country’s largest on record, infecting 3,605 people and killing 1,587 as transmission continues to accelerate, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

  7. MedicalXpress

    Outbreak in DR Congo 'intensifying': WHO (opens MedicalXpress)

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    MedicalXpress's feed description

    The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is intensifying at an "exceptional" pace, the World Health Organization warned on Saturday, calling for a significant scaling up of the health response.

  8. STAT

    Ebola kills 1,700 in eastern Congo as the fastest-growing outbreak surges (opens STAT)

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    STAT's feed description

    Ebola has killed more than 1,700 people in eastern Congo in what has become the fastest-growing outbreak of the disease.

  9. Al Jazeera

    DR Congo Ebola outbreak kills more than 1,700 as WHO accelerates trials (opens Al Jazeera)

    Published

    Al Jazeera's feed description

    The outbreak is concentrated in the province of Ituri, which accounts for nearly 90 percent of reported cases.

  10. New York Post

    Ebola kills over 1,700 as fastest-growing outbreak in eastern Congo (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    As of Tuesday, 3,802 cases had been recorded, with 1,707 deaths, according to the latest government update.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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