Uganda has begun a clinical trial of a vaccine against the Sudan strain of Ebola following an outbreak that has killed one nurse in the east African country.

Of eight previous outbreaks of the Sudan Ebola virus, five were in Uganda and three in Sudan. The Democratic Republic of the Congo has had more than a dozen Ebola epidemics , the deadliest killing ...

The vaccines are intended to be developed for use against Marburg virus and Sudan ebolavirus, two hemorrhagic fevers in the ...

KAMPALA, Uganda — Ugandan authorities on Monday began a clinical trial of a vaccine against the Sudan strain of Ebola that has killed one person in the outbreak declared last week.

"I thought I was going to die," he said. "Ebola is real, and I have tasted it. Had it not been for the doctors, I would be dead." Byegarazo is one of a group of survivors who contracted the Sudan ...

Now, just two years later, on January 30, 2025, Uganda announced its latest Sudan Ebola outbreak. The Ministry of Health identified a 32-year-old male nurse who had died as the first documented case.

A new Ebola Sudan vaccine trial is underway. There are no approved vaccines for the Sudan strain of Ebola in Uganda’s outbreak. But authorities have launched a clinical study to further test the ...

Most outbreaks with this version of the virus have occurred in Uganda, which has had the two worst Ebola Sudan outbreaks — the 2000 Gulu outbreak, where 425 people were infected and 224 died ...

Uganda on Saturday declared an end to the country's latest outbreak of ebola, ... during the launch of the vaccination for the Sudan strain of Ebola virus, in Kampala, Uganda, Feb. 3, 2025.

Tracing contacts is key to stemming the spread of Ebola, and there are no approved vaccines for the Sudan strain of Ebola. Uganda’s last outbreak, discovered in September 2022, killed at least ...

Uganda has had multiple Ebola outbreaks, including one in 2000 that killed hundreds. Tracing contacts is key to stemming the spread of Ebola, which manifests as a viral hemorrhagic fever.