Ebola Outbreak

• Health Canada approves clinical trial for Moderna’s mRNA Ebola vaccine

  Canada is now the second country to authorize a Phase I clinical trial for a Bundibugyo virus vaccine candidate after the U.K., according to federal officials in a news release.

  Health

  Aug 4
  
• Ebola outbreak in Congo has killed over 1,000 at a record rate: officials

  The head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said 1,031 deaths have been confirmed from the fast-spreading and incurable Bundibugyo virus behind the outbreak.

  World

  Jul 22
  
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• Amid Ebola fears, person on flight diverted to Montreal was asymptomatic

  PHAC said the traveller has departed back to Paris. The Air France flight, along with all other passengers, has continued to Detroit.

  Canada

  May 21
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• WHO declares Ebola outbreak in Congo, Uganda a global health emergency

  Ebola is highly contagious and can be contracted via bodily fluids such as vomit, blood or semen. The disease it causes is rare, but severe and often fatal.

  Health

  May 17
• What happened to… Ebola virus?

  On this episode of What happened to…? Erica Vella revisits the West Africa Ebola outbreak that began in 2014 and infected tens of thousands of people.

  Canada

  Jun 9, 2022
• Ebola outbreak that killed 12 in Guinea declared over by WHO

  The Ebola outbreak in 2014-2016 killed 11,300 people, mostly in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia.

  World

  Jun 19, 2021
• Congo announces end to 11th deadly Ebola outbreak

  Democratic Republic of Congo announced the end of an almost six-month Ebola outbreak in the west of the country on Wednesday.

  Health

  Nov 18, 2020
• New Ebola case in Congo days before officials intended to declare end of outbreak

  The new case was confirmed in Beni, a community that had been an epicenter of the second-deadliest Ebola outbreak in history.

  World

  Apr 10, 2020
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• Pharmaceutical company Merck receives FDA approval for Ebola vaccine

  The vaccine, which is administered as a single-dose injection, will help to prevent EVD caused by Zaire ebolavirus in patients aged 18 years and older, the regulator said in a statement.

  Health

  Dec 19, 2019
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• Patient’s death challenges idea that Ebola survivors immune to re-infection

  A patient's death is challenging the theory that someone can only catch Ebola once.

  Health

  Oct 31, 2019