There are no approved vaccines or treatments for Sudan virus disease, which has a 40–70% fatality rate. To curb the ongoing outbreak, Uganda has deployed—under a clinical trial setting—a vaccine ...
WHO and the Uganda Health Ministry have launched a first-ever vaccine trial for the species of Ebola at the center of an ongoing outbreak in Uganda’s capital city.
Amid a new Ebola outbreak in Kampala, Uganda, the World Health Organization has kicked off a vaccine trial. This is the first ...
The World Health Organization's emergencies director on Friday praised the "fastest roll-out" of an Ebola vaccine trial in ...
A laboratory holding Ebola and other dangerous pathogens in the eastern DR Congo city of Goma—which has been seized by the ...
Infectious disease emergencies can threaten breastfeeding and the lives of mothers and babies. Depending on the disease, ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Feb. 6 released an advisory about an outbreak of Ebola in Uganda caused by the Sudan virus disease.
Ebola is rare, deadly and has multiple variations. There is a vaccine for the Zaire type, now trials for another are underway.
"If we don't know what the wildlife host is, we can't know how, where or when that will be." Scientists make major breakthrough that may curb the threat of Ebola: 'Information we should have' first ...