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What to know about the Ebola outbreak that became a global health emergency | Flipboard

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“The World Health Organization declared Sunday the Ebola disease outbreak in Congo and Uganda a public health emergency of [international concern]”
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The claim is reported by multiple independent news sources including South China Morning Post, NBC Washington, and Flipboard, all stating that the WHO declared the Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda a public health emergency of international concern.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The National Quarantine Unit (NQU) is a federally funded quarantine and isolation facility in the United States located at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) in Omaha, Nebraska. It is pa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Quarantine_Unit
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ebola, also known as Ebola virus disease (EVD) and Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF), is a zoonotic viral hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates, caused by four of the six known ebolaviruses. Symp…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This list of Ebola outbreaks records the known occurrences of Ebola virus disease, a highly infectious and acutely lethal viral disease that has afflicted humans and animals primarily in equatorial Af…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ebola_outbreaks
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“The United Nations’ health agency has declared an Ebola outbreak in two African countries a “public health emergency of international concern””
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Web search results confirm that the WHO (the UN's health agency) declared an Ebola outbreak in two African countries (DRC and Uganda) a public health emergency. This is corroborated by Wikipedia's definition of WHO and specific news reports.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ebola, also known as Ebola virus disease (EVD) and Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF), is a zoonotic viral hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates, caused by four of the six known ebolaviruses. Symp…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This list of Ebola outbreaks records the known occurrences of Ebola virus disease, a highly infectious and acutely lethal viral disease that has afflicted humans and animals primarily in equatorial Af…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ebola_outbreaks
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The National Quarantine Unit (NQU) is a federally funded quarantine and isolation facility in the United States located at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) in Omaha, Nebraska. It is pa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Quarantine_Unit
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“WHO declares 'international emergency' after more than 80 people die in undetected Ebola epidemic”
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Multiple independent reports via Flipboard state that the WHO declared an international emergency after more than 80 people died in an undetected Ebola epidemic.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ebola, also known as Ebola virus disease (EVD) and Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF), is a zoonotic viral hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates, caused by four of the six known ebolaviruses. Symp…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This list of Ebola outbreaks records the known occurrences of Ebola virus disease, a highly infectious and acutely lethal viral disease that has afflicted humans and animals primarily in equatorial Af…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ebola_outbreaks
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2013–2016 epidemic of Ebola virus disease, centered in West Africa, was the most widespread outbreak of the disease in history. It caused major loss of life and socioeconomic disruption in the reg…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_African_Ebola_epidemic
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“WHO declares Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda a global health emergency, with at least 80 dead”
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The claim is directly supported by a Wikipedia entry for the '2026 Ituri Province Ebola epidemic' and corroborated by Al Jazeera and Google News, confirming at least 80 deaths and the WHO's emergency declaration.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In May 2026, an epidemic of Ebola was reported in the Ituri Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Imported cases from Ituri have been reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's cap…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Ituri_Province_Ebola_epid…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This list of Ebola outbreaks records the known occurrences of Ebola virus disease, a highly infectious and acutely lethal viral disease that has afflicted humans and animals primarily in equatorial Af…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ebola_outbreaks
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ebola, also known as Ebola virus disease (EVD) and Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF), is a zoonotic viral hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates, caused by four of the six known ebolaviruses. Symp…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola
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“Lindsay Lohan... during a rare date night with her husband Bader Shammas at the Gucci 2027 Cruise collection show, Lohan stepped out in a head-to-toe look from the designer's fall/winter 2026 collection”
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The provided evidence contains general information about Lindsay Lohan, a city in California, and a company, but no evidence regarding a Gucci 2027 Cruise collection show or her attendance with Bader Shammas in a fall/winter 2026 look.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of American films released in 2013.
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