Ebola outbreak in DR Congo becomes deadliest in country’s history
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"Ebola outbreak in DR Congo becomes deadliest in country’s history" is generating significant coverage in the World category, with 5 articles from 5 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include Baltimore Sun, The Guardian, WRAL and nbcnews.com. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Generated by PULSE's extractive engine from coverage metadata only — no AI-written claims. Updated 67d ago.
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Coverage (5)
- Congo’s fast-moving Ebola outbreak becomes the country’s worst with over 2,300 dead Baltimore Sun · 69d ago
- As Ebola kills thousands in DRC, a perfect storm is making the virus hard to stop The Guardian · 69d ago
- Congo’s fast-moving Ebola outbreak becomes the country's worst with over 2,300 dead WRAL · 69d ago
- Ebola outbreak becomes Congo’s worst on record, with over 2,300 dead nbcnews.com · 69d ago
- Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo becomes deadliest in country's history Reuters · 69d ago
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