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Congo Ebola cases top 10,000 as nurse killed by mob
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has surpassed 10,000 confirmed cases, reaching 10,060 according to government data.[6, 7] Nearly half of the people confirmed to have the virus have died, and The Hill reported it is the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history.[6, 9] A nurse treating Ebola patients was killed by a machete-wielding mob, Sky News and Bloomberg reported.[4, 10]
Bloomberg said the killing came amid violence against health workers responding to the outbreak, according to the government and United Nations.[4] The Daily Beast reported the epidemic has spread across five countries, including Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda and France.[2] Response teams are battling armed conflict, poor infrastructure and hostility from communities suspicious of health workers, The Daily Beast reported.[2]
Why it matters Health authorities are racing to slow the spread of the disease across multiple African countries.[3, 6]
Covered by NPR, ABC News, The Washington Times and 7 more
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How balanced is this coverage?
Of the 8 rated outlets that covered it, 2 are left of center, 4 are center and 2 are right of center (2 of them in the Right group). 2 more are not rated.
Too few left- or right-leaning outlets to compare: 2 of 42 left-leaning, 4 of 33 center and 2 of 38 right-leaning outlets covered it.
- Left: none.
- Leans left: NPR (−0.68), The Daily Beast (−0.64).
- Center: ABC News (−0.19), Bloomberg (+0.08), The Hill (+0.10), Forbes (+0.19).
- Leans right: none.
- Right: The Washington Times (+1.27), Washington Examiner (+1.34).
Not rated Al Jazeera, Sky News. Not placed: they have no lean score.
Each dot is an outlet that covered it, placed by its audience-lean score (Eady et al. 2025), which measures who shares its links, not how accurate it is. The ticks under the line are all 113 rated outlets Tare reads.