A whole virus Ebola vaccine has been shown to protect monkeys exposed to the virus. Here's what's different about this vaccine.
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AP (Nov. 4, 2014) — A hospital in Switzerland on Tuesday began testing an experimental Ebola vaccine developed by the UK drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline. They're using 120 healthy volunteers to see if the vaccine creates an ... watch video
AFP (Jan. 20, 2016) — The Vaccine Alliance, Gavi, has signed a $5m (£3.5m) deal for an Ebola vaccine being developed by Merck, to protect against future outbreaks of the deadly disease. The deal was announced at the ... watch video
Reuters (Aug. 5, 2013) — Israeli drug company SciVac has developed a third-generation vaccine for Hepatitis B, a virus that kills more than half a million people each year. The company says the vaccine has the potential to ... watch video
AP (July 15, 2014) — The most advanced vaccine for dengue only offers modest protection but could still help millions of people avoid the devastating effects of the disease known as "breakbone fever." Other experts say ... watch video
Cleveland Clinic (Oct. 13, 2014) — Chances are someone you know is at high risk of developing severe complications from the flu. Experts weigh in on why it’s important to get a flu vaccine, the type of vaccine that’s best ... watch video
AP (Aug. 28, 2014) — The Ebola outbreak in West Africa eventually could exceed 20,000 cases, more than six times as many as are known now, the World Health Organization said as the US announced plans to test an ... watch video
AP (Aug. 28, 2014) — The National Institutes of Health will start the first human safety trials of an experimental Ebola vaccine next week, amid a grave estimate from the World Health Organization that Ebola cases in ... watch video
AP (Oct. 30, 2014) — NIAID Director Anthony Fauci said the risk of Ebola becoming an epidemic in the U.S. is essentially zero Thursday at the Washington Ideas Forum. He also said an Ebola vaccine will be tested in West ... watch video
July 14, 2016 — Newly discovered molecules can kill multidrug resistant cancer cells by blocking cells' defenses against cancer drugs, according to a new study. The lead author hopes the findings provide an initial ... read more
July 14, 2016 — Overweight or obese women who lost weight through diet or a combination of diet and exercise also significantly lowered levels of proteins in the blood that help certain tumors grow, according to a ... read more
July 14, 2016 — Older adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who start using opioids have a more than two-fold higher risk of dying from a ... read more
July 13, 2016 — Using repeated doses of an immunotherapy drug can restore a complete remission for some relapsed stem cell transplant recipients, new research ... read more
July 14, 2016 — A new study of patients undergoing corneal transplants indicates that subtle differences between men and women may lead to poorer outcomes for a woman who has received a cornea from a male ... read more
July 13, 2016 — Neuroscientists are studying a unique gene that expresses two proteins, one that is necessary for life and another, that when mutated causes a neurodegenerative disease called spinocerebellar ataxia ... read more
July 13, 2016 — A new study is the first systematic literature review to examine the entire field of interventions designed to reduce low-value care. It also ... read more
July 13, 2016 — Trigger events, including exposure to violence, were associated with increased risk of violent crime in the week following exposure among patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder and among ... read more
July 12, 2016 — A new understanding of how developing brain cells come to rely on oxygen may inform the treatment of brain diseases. The findings reveal a metabolic route thought to go awry ... read more
July 13, 2016 — A new study is reviving hope that the approach also may help men with life-threatening prostate cancer.It is a surprising turnaround because prior ... read more
Feb. 15, 2016 — As the latest in a series of studies, researchers have shown the ability of a vaccine vector based on a common herpesvirus called cytomegalovirus (CMV) expressing Ebola virus glycoprotein (GP), to ... read more
Nov. 12, 2014 — Scientists have demonstrated for the first time that a single-dose, needleless Ebola vaccine given to primates through their noses and lungs protected them against infection for at least 21 ... read more
Sep. 8, 2014 — One shot of an experimental vaccine made from two Ebola virus gene segments incorporated into a chimpanzee cold virus vector, called chimp adenovirus type 3 or ChAd3, protected all four macaque ... read more
Jan. 14, 2013 — Researchers have found that an experimental vaccine elicits antibodies that can protect nonhuman primates from Ebola virus infection. Ebola virus causes severe hemorrhagic fever in humans and ... read more
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