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Ebola Crisis: First Large-Scale Vaccine Trials To Begin

The first large-scale trials of an experimental vaccine against Ebola are due to begin in Liberia. The potentially preventative medicine...

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Ebola Drug Trial Starts In Liberia

A trial of a potential drug to treat Ebola has started at a Medecins Sans Frontieres centre in Liberia. The antiviral - brincidofovir - ...

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Ebola Booster Vaccine Starts First Trials In Oxford

Scientists at Oxford University have launched the first clinical tests of a new Ebola vaccine approach, using a booster developed by Denmark...

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Hope Rises For Ebola Vaccine

Vaccinated monkeys have developed “long-term” immunity to the Ebola virus, raising a prospect of successful human trials, say scientists. ...

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NIGERIA: FG Seeks Japan’s Trial Ebola Drug

The federal government yesterday announced that it has applied for a Japanese drug in the treatment of Ebola virus disease. Minister ...

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How Ebola-Infected Patients Are ‘Cured’ - Dr. Ribner

Medical Director of Specialised Infectious Disease unit at the Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Dr.Bruce Ribner has stated that, in gen...

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Ebola Update: US To Conduct Vaccine Trial In Nigeria

The United States health officials have said they are considering a trial test of the recently launched Ebola vaccine in Nigeria, as they al...

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Ebola: Experimental Drug ZMapp is '100% Effective' In Animal Trials

The only clinical trial data on the experimental Ebola drug ZMapp shows it is 100% effective in monkey studies, even in later stages of the ...

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Ebola Vaccine Trials Being Fast-Tracked —Researchers

Safety trials on an Ebola vaccine are being fast-tracked, meaning it could be given to healthy volunteers as early as September, researchers...

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NanoSilver Is Not Cure For Ebola –Manufacturer

The manufacturers of NanoSilver, Minerals for Life Limited, on Thursday, denied the claim that the mineral solution was a cure for the fast ...

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NIGERIA: FG Commences Pre-Clinical Studies Of Claims On Ebola Drugs

Following the failure of the Nano Silver experimental drugs to scale through screening by the National Health Research Ethics Committee, the...

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EBOLA UPDATE: New Drug, Nano Silva, Expected In Nigerian Hospital

Nano Silva, an experimental drug for the treatment of Ebola Virus, was expected to get to the country on Thursday for the treatment of patie...

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EBOLA: Nigeria Approves Zmapp For Treatment

National Health Research Ethics Committee, a national body under the Federal Ministry of Health, has approved the use of the experimental Eb...

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Canada To Donate Ebola Vaccine To WHO

Canada says it will donate up to 1,000 doses of an experimental Ebola vaccine to help battle the disease's outbreak in West Africa. ...

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Ethical To Use Untested Ebola Drugs, Says WHO

The WHO said it was ethical in light of the scale of the outbreak and high number of deaths - over 1,000 people have died in west Africa. ...

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Ebola Drug Supply Is Exhausted After Doses Sent to Africa

The Ebola drug given to two Americans and a Spanish priest has been sent to treat infected doctors in two West African countries, and the su...

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In Ebola Outbreak, Who Should Get Experimental Drug?

Some have said it is wrong that with hundreds of Africans dying from the outbreak of Ebola, extremely scarce supplies of an experimental dru...

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Nigeria Considers Asking For US Experimental Ebola Drug

Nigeria is contemplating asking for a dose of the American experimental Ebola drug to treat the female Nigerian doctor confirmed of being in...

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