Ebola

HHS, BioProtection Systems collaborate to advance Ebola vaccine

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response recently entered into…

8 years ago

Legislators call on DHS to extend temporary protective status for people from nations affected by Ebola outbreak

A group of Democratic members of Congress called upon the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Tuesday to extend…

8 years ago

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals announces positive data for delayed Ebola virus disease treatment

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc., released positive results on Wednesday from a proof-of-concept study of its broad spectrum antiviral, BCX4430, for the…

8 years ago

UTMB researchers identify possible Sudan ebolavirus treatment

Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) released a study on Monday showing the successful treatment of monkeys…

8 years ago

NIAID researchers explore link between Ebola virus survival and malaria-causing parasite

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), released a study…

8 years ago

ClinicalRM, Mapp Biopharmaceuticals team up to fight Ebola

ClinicalRM recently expanded access protocol with ZMapp, an investigational treatment for Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Africa and the United…

8 years ago

Soligenix presents positive preliminary results for heat-stable Ebola vaccine formulation

Soligenix released positive preliminary proof-of-concept results on Monday from its collaboration with Axel Lehrer to develop a heat-stable subunit Ebola…

8 years ago

CDC releases report detailing response to 2014-2016 worldwide Ebola epidemic

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a detailed account on Thursday of the agency’s response to…

8 years ago

Independent report highlights need for improvement of public health response techniques

An independent panel of public health, emergency response and communication experts issued a report on Friday on the Ebola epidemic…

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New study shows how some survive Ebola virus

A coalition of research institutions published a report in the Clinical Infectious Disease Journal on Wednesday that analyzed the immune…

8 years ago

HHS names Cedars-Sinai as Ebola treatment center for southwest region

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Tuesday selected the California Department of Health, in partnership with…

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Center for Strategic and International Studies releases U.S. Ebola response documentary

The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) released a feature-length documentary on Friday entitled “Ebola in America: Epidemic of…

8 years ago

Bavarian Nordic confirms positive Ebola vaccine trial results

Bavarian Nordic A/S recently published the results of a Phase I trial of a preventive Ebola vaccine regimen in the…

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WHO releases findings from ninth meeting of the Emergency Committee on West African Ebola situation

The World Health Organization (WHO) released the findings on Tuesday of its ninth meeting of the Emergency Committee convened by…

8 years ago

Ebola countermeasure has successful human trial

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Joint Science and Technology Office, along with the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious…

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Experimental Ebola antibody protects non-human primates

The National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) announced a discovery last week that a single monoclonal antibody isolated…

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NIH experts discuss lessons learned from Ebola outbreak

In an issue this month for the medical journal Clinical Trials, leading researchers from the National Institute of Allergy and…

8 years ago

WHO stresses risks of outbreaks with new Ebola case in Sierra Leone

The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Friday that a new case of Ebola has been confirmed in the West…

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Ebola response strengthens health services in West Africa

As part of a year-in-review process, the Center for Disease Control recently outlined the steps of the Ebola recovery process…

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DoD continues mobile support against Ebola in West Africa

The United States Department of Defense (DoD) announced its ongoing support last Monday for the continuation of Ebola Virus Disease…

8 years ago

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