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Ebola Vaccine is Approved!

The Ebola vaccine that was produced by the US pharmaceutical company Merck has been approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) on the 11th of November, 2019. This vaccine is the first to help control the spread and epidemic of the Ebola virus. Ebola is a haemorrhagic fever that can cause vomiting, severe diarrhoea and […]

The Good News, Ebola Outbreak Slowing Down with Vaccine

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WHO (World Health Organization) announce that the rate of recent infections of Ebola virus in Africa has dropped, as vaccine moves closer to approval. Between 25 September and 15 October, 15 people were diagnosed with the Ebola virus in Democratic Republic of the Congo, says WHO. As at April, about 300 new infections were reported […]