New research this month shows that the experimental antiviral obeldesivir prevented up to 100% of deaths in monkeys infected ...

The pill protected 80 per cent of the cynomolgus macaques and 100 per cent of the rhesus macaques, which are biologically ...

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A vaccine was only widely approved in 2019, and while two intravenous antibody treatments improve outcomes, they require costly cold storage.

Scientists have found that an oral antiviral drug successfully prevents monkeys from dying after an Ebola infection, an advance that may prevent future outbreaks of the deadly virus. At such a ...

This trial marks the first attempt to assess a vaccine for the Sudan variant of Ebola, according to the WHO. The Ugandan Health Ministry is collaborating with the WHO and other partners to roll ...

What is the difference between the Ebola virus and Sudan virus? Ebola was discovered ... The third most-common variant in Africa is Bundibugyo virus and was discovered in 2007.

Ebola, a deadly hemorrhagic fever transmitted via bodily fluids, has a high mortality rate, especially the Sudan variant, which kills at least 40% of those infected. This is Uganda’s sixth ...

There are no approved vaccines for the Sudan strain of Ebola in Uganda’s outbreak. But authorities have launched a clinical study to further test the safety and efficacy of a trial vaccine as ...

Ugandan authorities on Monday began a clinical trial of a vaccine against the Sudan strain of Ebola that has killed one person in the outbreak declared last week. This is the first trial to assess ...

NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / February 3, 2025 / The first participants have been vaccinated with an investigational Ebola Sudan vaccine candidate provided by IAVI, a nonprofit scientific ...

KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda discharged on Tuesday the last eight patients who recovered from Ebola, health authorities reported, and there were no other positive cases in the outbreak declared last ...