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Ebola is spreading faster in eastern Congo than it can be tracked, as deaths pass 700

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NPR News reports that Ebola is spreading faster in eastern Congo than health officials can track, with the death toll now past seven hundred. According to the World Health Organization, eighty percent of new cases are emerging from unknown chains of transmission, a sign the outbreak is outpacing efforts to trace it.

Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/07/15/g-s1-133630/ebola-congo-deaths

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