More than ten weeks after the declaration of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) epidemic, we seem to be facing a second peak of the outbreak, according to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Through Oct. 29,...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Ministry of Health reported today (computer translated) that some 33 deaths are suspected linked to the latest Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in the country. The...

Today marks a turning point in how we deal with Ebola – we are moving from a strategy of containment to one of offering communities protection and care- Peter Salama, WHO Deputy Director-General for...

Vaccines The World Health Organization (WHO) Friday sent more than 35 immunization experts to Mbandaka, an urban centre with a population of more than 1 million people, where at least one Ebola case...

Prophylactic mass vaccination programmes are not a realistic option in the battle to prevent new Ebolavirus outbreaks, a University of Kent-led research team has shown. The findings come as the World Health...

A biopharmaceutical company collaborating with Hawai’i scientists on an Ebola vaccine has announced encouraging news about its vaccine. Tests on the vaccine, still in development, have shown it is able...

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Preliminary data from Phase I clinical trials of two Ebola vaccines ̶ ChAd3-ZEBOV vaccine, being developed by GlaxoSmithKline, and rVSV-ZEBOV vaccine, being developed by NewLink Genetics and Merck Vaccines...