Health Aug 27 Congo begins Ebola vaccinations to fight country's worst outbreak in history, health minister says By Associated Press
Health Aug 20 Congo to receive 70,000 doses of Ervebo Ebola vaccine, which was effective in past outbreaks WHO said in a statement that while it’s not known whether Ervebo may protect against the Bundibugyo virus, “early laboratory and animal data suggest it may provide some protection.”… By Associated Press
World Sep 14 Ebola vaccination begins in southern Congo amid latest outbreak Vaccination for those exposed to the Ebola virus and front-line health workers has begun in southern Kasai province, the World Health Organization said Sunday. By Associated Press
World Oct 20 Watch 4:45 A new Ebola vaccine is being tested in war-torn Congo The latest Ebola outbreak is the tenth in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since the disease was first reported there in 1976. New intervention techniques including the vaccination of thousands of people are being used to contain the outbreak… By PBS News Hour
Health Dec 23 Watch 5:55 Ebola vaccine results are encouraging -- but preliminary On Thursday, results from the World Health Organization's two-year trial studying the Ebola virus were published. They indicate that the vaccine is effective -- but it still needs to be approved by regulatory agencies. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Dr. Anthony… By PBS News Hour
Jul 31 First-ever Ebola vaccine shows 'promise' -- now what? By Larisa Epatko A vaccine against the Ebola virus – the first of its kind in the disease’s 40-year recorded history – shows promise in trials in Guinea, according to a report released Friday in the medical journal Lancet. Continue reading
Mar 08 Liberian government closes crematorium in sign of Ebola progress By Triana Kalmanoff The Liberian government has closed and dismantled a crematorium in Monrovia in a move that represents significant progress in the country’s fight against the disease. Continue reading
Nov 27 Watch Is an Ebola vaccine on the horizon? By PBS News Hour For the first time, an experimental vaccine taken by 20 healthy adults is successfully and safely stimulating an immunity against Ebola. Judy Woodruff talks to Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health on how the vaccine was developed and… Continue watching
Sep 02 A third American reportedly infected with Ebola By Joshua Barajas The National Institutes of Health will begin testing an experimental Ebola vaccine on an initial 20 adult humans this week, as the lethal virus’ reach “continues to accelerate” in West Africa. Continue reading