Ebola Vaccine

• Ebola virus vaccine for adults approved for use in Canada

  Canada has approved a vaccine to prevent Ebola in non-pregnant and otherwise healthy adults aged 18 and older.

  Health

  Sep 25, 2023
  
• Biggest medical breakthroughs of the last decade

  From artificial limbs to gene editing, here are some of the coolest medical advances of the last 10 years.

  Health

  Dec 22, 2019
  
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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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• Explosion at Russian lab housing smallpox, Ebola and other diseases: reports

  The explosion reportedly occurred at a lab in Russia, one of only two places in the world known to have a stock of the smallpox virus.

  World

  Sep 17, 2019
• Ebola research takes ‘big step’ towards effective treatment: WHO

  Two experimental Ebola treatments are significantly cutting mortality rates, according to early clinical trial results.

  Health

  Aug 12, 2019
• University of Manitoba cuts ties with Ebola researcher amid RCMP investigation

  The University of Manitoba has cut ties with a prominent medical researcher, pending an RCMP investigation.

  Politics

  Jul 16, 2019
• Congo approves four experimental Ebola treatments to battle outbreak

  Congo’s health ministry has approved four experimental Ebola treatments, including the Canadian-developed ZMapp, for use in fighting the latest virus outbreak.

  Health

  Aug 22, 2018
• Ebola outbreak kills 33 in Democratic Republic of Congo

  An outbreak of the Ebola virus declared this week in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is believed to have killed 33 people, the health ministry said on Saturday.

  Health

  Aug 4, 2018
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• Congo announces 4 new cases of Ebola a week after outbreak in north declared over

  Congo on July 24 declared the end of an Ebola outbreak that began in May in northwest Equateur province.

  Health

  Aug 1, 2018
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• Ebola outbreak in Congo ‘largely contained,’ says WHO

  There have been no new Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo since June 9, the World Health Organization says.

  Health

  Jun 20, 2018