Congo’s Ebola outbreak reaches 5,000 cases as it outpaces response efforts at unprecedented speed
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"Congo’s Ebola outbreak reaches 5,000 cases as it outpaces response efforts at unprecedented speed" is generating significant coverage in the Health category, with 8 articles from 7 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include NPR, KSL News, Bloomberg.com and Dallas News. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Coverage (8)
- Congolese officials say Ebola outbreak continues to grow NPR · 87d ago
- Congo's Ebola outbreak reaches 5,000 cases as it outpaces response efforts KSL News · 87d ago
- Ebola Is Spreading Faster Beyond Congo Epicenter, Straining Outbreak Response Bloomberg.com · 88d ago
- Mobile gold miners in eastern Congo complicate health workers' efforts to contain Ebola Dallas News · 88d ago
- What to know about the outbreak of a rare kind of Ebola PBS · 88d ago
- The Guardian view on the Ebola outbreak in the DRC: a case study in why international aid matters theguardian.com · 88d ago
- What to know about the outbreak of a rare kind of Ebola AP News · 88d ago
- Congo’s Ebola outbreak reaches 5,000 cases as it outpaces response efforts at unprecedented speed AP News · 88d ago
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