Ebola Vaccine Race Expands as Congo Bundibugyo Outbreak Grows
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Fifth Ebola Vaccine Candidate Joins Race Against Congo Outbreak
Efforts to develop a vaccine against the strain of Ebola driving the deadly outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo are expanding, with an experimental shot developed by an Egypt-based pharmaceutical company set to advance toward human testing.
The Egyptian pharmaceutical company Minapharm is about to advance to the human testing phase of an Ebola vaccine responsible for the deadly epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRCongo).
Congo’s Ebola outbreak records one of its highest weekly death tolls yet
Photo courtesy of STOCK BUNIA, Congo (AP) — More than 300 people died of Ebola in eastern Congo in the past week, one of the highest weekly tolls yet, government data showed Monday, as health workers struggle to catch up with an outbreak that is spreading at unprecedented speed. Ministry of Health data showed that as of Saturday, the outbreak had recorded 5,514 cases and 2,642 deaths, including 317 deaths reported in the previous seven days. But…
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