Death toll tops 1,500 in fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history, Congo says
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- Velocity & Diffusion: Coverage escalated across 9 distinct news outlets with 10 published articles, achieving a live velocity of 8.
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"Death toll tops 1,500 in fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history, Congo says" is generating significant coverage in the Health category, with 4 articles from 4 distinct sources tracked by Newsylist so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include Democracy Now!, bloomberg.com, abcnews.com and AP News. Newsylist measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
Synthesized from multi-source international reporting and live coverage telemetry under Newsylist open intelligence methodology.
Synthesized under Newsylist open intelligence methodology from multi-source international newsroom telemetry. Updated 45d ago.
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Death toll tops 1,500 in fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history, Congo says AP News · 46d ago broke it first
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