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• 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
  
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• Lead Ebola scientist Gary Kobinger leaving national lab in Winnipeg

  The scientist who led the work to develop the Ebola drug ZMapp is going to leave the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg.

  Health

  Aug 24, 2015
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• Trials of ZMapp, Ebola vaccines start soon

  Clinical trials designed to show whether two Ebola vaccines and the Ebola therapy ZMapp actually work will begin within the next two to three weeks.

  Health

  Jan 23, 2015
• Nurse in Spain is 1st Ebola infection outside West Africa

  A Spanish nurse who treated a missionary for the disease at a Madrid hospital has tested positive for the disease, according to a Spanish health official.

  Health

  Oct 6, 2014
• Canada’s lab an unlikely Ebola powerhouse

  Canada has made enormous contributions to the scientific efforts to prevent or contain Ebola. And the fact that it comes from Winnipeg comes down to a few good men.

  Canada

  Sep 22, 2014
• Johnson & Johnson gets green light to fast track Ebola vaccine testing

  As the Ebola outbreak rages on in West Africa, scientists received the go-ahead to fast-track testing on another potential vaccine for the deadly disease.

  Health

  Sep 4, 2014
• U.S. Ebola survivor says he’s ‘very close’ to the latest doctor diagnosed

  A U.S. doctor who survived after contracting Ebola in Liberia is "very close" to the doctor most recently diagnosed with the disease and has spent time in "tearful prayer" for him.

  Health

  Sep 2, 2014
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• Liberian doctor who got experimental Ebola drug dies

  Liberian information minister says doctor who got experimental Ebola drug has died.

  Health

  Aug 25, 2014
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• BC-made Marburg drug works after symptoms start; good sign for Ebola drug

  An experimental drug for the Marburg virus appears to be able to beat back the often fatal infection even when given several days after exposure.

  Canada

  Aug 20, 2014