Ebola is rare, deadly and has multiple variations. There is a vaccine for the Zaire type, now trials for another are underway ...

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Makerere University, the Uganda Virus Research Institute and the WHO got the Ebola vaccine trial ready for dosing in just ...

The vaccine candidate is being evaluated in a ring vaccination trial as part of a comprehensive public health response ...

Six species of the virus are known to cause disease in humans -- Zaire, Sudan, Bundibugyo, Reston, Tai Forest and Bombali.

Ugandan health officials on Thursday confirmed a case of Ebola in the capital Kampala, in a nurse who sought care at a number ...

Uganda announced Thursday that a nurse, 32, had died of Ebola in the capital, Kampala, amid a new outbreak of the deadly ...

KAMPALA - Uganda has confirmed an outbreak of Ebola virus disease in the capital Kampala, with the first confirmed patient dying from the disease on Wednesday, the health ministry said on Thursday.

Vaccines are a clinical product that is composed of live or dead material from an infectious agent – bacterium, virus, fungus or parasite – that elicit protective immunity against the pathogen ...

Covid vaccines saved lives. Lots of them. Research by the World Health Organization (WHO) now puts the number at 475,000 in the UK with many more kept out of hospital or off a ventilator.

Babies are supposed to receive vaccines that protect against about 15 different infectious diseases. Most require more than one dose, which amounts to nearly 30 jabs by age two. Parents may be ...