Vaccination
Ebola vaccines stockpiled against future outbreaks
The World Health Organization and partners said Tuesday they are creating a global stockpile of Ebola vaccines to help stamp out future outbreaks.
Jan 12, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New study indicates Ebola vaccine safe and produces robust immune response
Scientists from the University of Oxford, working as part of the EBOVAC2 EBL2001 study group, have today announced the results of a phase 2 trial of a replication-deficient adenovirus vaccine aimed at providing protection ...
Nov 18, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Single-cell study of Ebola highlights virus's lethal maneuvers
Ebola virus is one of the world's deadliest pathogens, and scientists now report new details of how the virus alters the host immune response for its own benefit during infection. In a study published today in Cell, the researchers ...
Nov 9, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Scientists find Ebola virus antibodies in people before 2018 DRC outbreak
Scientists found antibodies to Ebola virus in people up to a year before the 2018 Ebola virus disease outbreak began in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, or DRC. This suggests that either early cases may have been ...
Nov 4, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
DR Congo's latest Ebola outbreak 'under control'
The latest Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo is now under control, the man leading the fight against the disease said on Saturday.
Oct 17, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
US regulators approve 1st treatment for Ebola virus
U.S. regulators Wednesday approved the first drug for the treatment of Ebola.
Oct 15, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Molecular mechanism of cross-species transmission of primate lentiviruses
Humans are exposed continuously to the menace of viral diseases such as those caused by the Ebola virus, Zika virus and coronaviruses. Such emerging/re-emerging viral outbreaks can be triggered by cross-species viral transmission ...
Oct 7, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Method used to track Ebola's trajectory being applied to COVID-19
What exactly happened in Asia that caused SARS-CoV-2 to rapidly spread across the region and then essentially came to a halt there? That's what researchers from the University of South Florida are trying to determine in a ...
Oct 5, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
WHO endorses protocol for virus herbal medicine trials
The World Health Organization endorsed Saturday a protocol for testing African herbal medicines as potential treatments for the coronavirus and other epidemics.
Sep 19, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
The distribution range of Ebola virus carriers in Africa may be larger than previously assumed
The Ebola virus is considered one of the world's most dangerous pathogens. During the most severe outbreak to date in West Africa, over 11,000 deaths were documented between 2014 and 2016. Single cases are repeatedly reported ...
Sep 7, 2020
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