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Ebola crisis: Experimental vaccine ‘shipped to Liberia’

The Ebola vaccine has been safety tested on 200 volunteers so far The first batch of an experimental vaccine against Ebola is on its way to Liberia. The shipment will be the first potentially preventative medicine to reach one of ...

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American doctor who survived Ebola returns to Liberia

The last time Dr. Rick Sacra went to Liberia, he returned home to the United States in a medevac airplane, not sure if he would die of the Ebola he’d contracted while taking care of patients. But Sacra recovered from ...

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A trial of a potential drug to treat Ebola starts in Liberia

A trial of a potential drug to treat Ebola has started at a Medecins Sans Frontieres centre in Liberia. The antiviral drug - Brincidofovir - is being tested on Ebola patients on a voluntary basis. People who do not consent ...

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