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ARCHIVED · 1 LEFT · 6 CENTER · 0 RIGHT · Oct 19, 2:18 AM

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Kenya confirms eighth Ebola case amid widening regional outbreak

ABC News - International and Washington's Top News (WTOP) describe the same event in different terms.

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What happenedA new Ebola outbreak in eastern DR Congo has killed 65 people, with roughly 246 cases reported by health officials.
What changedThe left frames it as "Congo’s fast-moving Ebola outbreak spreads to eighth province". The center frames it as "Congo’s fast-moving Ebola outbreak spreads to eighth province".
ConfidenceMedium. 3+ sources across at least two bias buckets with comparable news formats.
Archive healthLive match · 7 sources · 2 buckets · comparable news format

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72WORDING GAP

7 sources · 2 bias buckets · Medium confidence

Still Watching. The left frames it as "Congo’s fast-moving Ebola outbreak spreads to eighth province". The center frames it as "Congo’s fast-moving Ebola outbreak spreads to eighth province".

SOURCE MAP TIMELINE

Oct 18, 10:31 PM: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette joined the source map.

Oct 18, 10:48 PM: ABC News - International joined the source map.

Oct 18, 11:04 PM: Arab News joined the source map.

Oct 19, 12:46 AM: Washington's Top News (WTOP) joined the source map.

Now: Wording Gap is 72/99 and story health is live match · 7 sources · 2 buckets · comparable news format.

ARCHIVED SOURCES

Center ·News report
Al Jazeera English1h ago

Kenya confirms eighth Ebola case amid widening regional outbreak

Kenyan health authorities say latest patient was likely exposed to the country's first Ebola case.

Open source
Center ·Wire story
UPI1h ago

Kenya confirms eighth Ebola virus case amid outbreak in nearby DRC

Kenya on Sunday announced that an eighth case of the virus that causes Ebola has been recorded in the country amid an outbreak in the nearby DRC.

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Center ·News report
Washington's Top News (WTOP)59m ago

Kenya’s Ebola cases hit 8, with no community transmission yet

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ebola cases in Kenya rose to eight on Sunday after another person tested positive while in quarantine, having been identified as a contact of the first patient. Health...

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Center ·News report
Arab News3h ago

Congo’s fast-moving Ebola outbreak spreads to eighth province

The Ebola outbreak in Congo has reached an eighth province in the country’s north, authorities said on Sunday as the spread of the world’s fastest-growing outbreak of the disease on record...

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Center-left ·News report
ABC News - International2h ago

Congo’s fast-moving Ebola outbreak spreads to eighth province

The Ebola outbreak in Congo has spread to an eighth province

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