{"id":22439,"date":"2026-05-27T10:50:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T14:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/vipta\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=22439"},"modified":"2026-05-27T10:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T14:50:10","slug":"cdc-coca-call-what-clinicians-should-know-about-ebola-bundibugyo-virus","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/vipta\/event\/cdc-coca-call-what-clinicians-should-know-about-ebola-bundibugyo-virus\/","title":{"rendered":"CDC COCA Call: What Clinicians Should Know about Ebola Bundibugyo Virus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-nl-format=\"datetime\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is responding to an outbreak of Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. 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