outbreak
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The current Ebola outbreak has been declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
But the case involved a "person coming from Kisangani", a major city in the eastern Tshopo province where no Ebola infections from the current outbreak have so far been recorded.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
The Democratic Republic of Congo has cancelled its pre-World Cup training camp in the capital, Kinshasa, because of an Ebola outbreak in the east of the country.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
The Ebola outbreak could swell into the next great pandemic, or it could be contained and fizzle out, which is certainly the preferable option.
From Salon • May 20, 2026
This unfair treaty, called the Munich Agreement, shows just how desperate the European powers were to avoid the outbreak of a war against Hitler’s Germany.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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