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Two Ebola vaccines have passed some hurdles

Two new rapid-acting Ebola vaccines have passed over hurdles: They have protected monkeys against the strain of the deadly virus that caused the recent outbreak in West Africa. The vaccines worked against Ebola in one...

24 April, 2015

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West Africa: Ebolanomics – the search for a vaccine

When Ebola hit West Africa last year, it was a disease with no sign of a vaccine or cure. To those affected that may have been an indication that the wider world didn’t care about them or the diseases that...

13 February, 2015

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“Extreme measures” needed to see Ebola vaccine development through: Experts

Developing and bringing to market effective Ebola vaccines requires extreme measures and unprecedented international cooperation, global health experts said. In an interim report on a roadmap for vaccines against the...

19 January, 2015

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The Lancet: Trial confirms Ebola vaccine candidate safe and equally immunogenic in Africa

Two experimental DNA vaccines to prevent Ebola virus and the closely related Marburg virus are safe, and generated a similar immune response in healthy Ugandan adults as reported in healthy US adults earlier this year...

26 December, 2014

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IMF unblocks cash as desperate West Africa awaits Ebola aid

The International Monetary Fund fast-tracked $130 million in aid Friday to fight the Ebola epidemic after the governments of the worst-hit countries in west Africa said they were desperately counting on promises of...

29 September, 2014

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Scientist who identified Ebola virus calls for ‘quasi-military intervention’

London-based microbiologist Prof Peter Piot urges creation of UN peacekeeping force to fight ‘catastrophe’ in west Africa. The microbiologist who helped identify the Ebola virus in 1976 has urged David...

12 September, 2014

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CDC fears Ebola virus ‘out of control’; human trials on third vaccine to begin early 2015

The Ebola outbreak may be “spiraling out of control” as the Center of Disease Control and Prevention director predicts the virus will only get worse. According to a CBS report, Dr Tom Frieden revealed that...

8 September, 2014

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Ebola outbreak shows lack of global real-time biosurveillance system

The Ebola outbreak in Africa has reinforced the fact that there is no globally linked, interoperable system to prevent infectious disease threats, detect outbreaks in real-time, and to respond effectively before they...

18 August, 2014

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Ebola vaccine won’t come without taking some risks

The current West African Ebola virus outbreak, which has now reached more than 1,000 cases and resulted in more than 800 deaths, is a reminder of the often unpredictable nature of viruses and the difficulties in finding...

8 August, 2014

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