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Ebola screening at UK airports - with Public Health England director Paul Cosford
2015-03-04 12:30:00| Airport Technology
Airports across the UK are still on high alert after Scottish nurse Pauline Cafferkey became the first person to be diagnosed with the deadly Ebola virus on UK soil. We ask Professor Paul Cosford, director for health protection and medical director f
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Novavax starts Ebola vaccine trial in humans
2015-02-12 16:18:38| Biotech - Topix.net
Novavax Inc has begun early-stage testing of its Ebola vaccine in humans, the company said, less than five months after entering the race to develop a shot for the deadly virus. After appearing to subside earlier this year, the number of new Ebola cases in West Africa has risen for the second week in a row, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.
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CDC: Ebola virus sent to lower-tier lab likely not dangerous
2015-02-05 01:01:30| Biotech - Topix.net
A high-security federal laboratory made a frightening mistake in sending certain Ebola samples to a lab with fewer safeguards, but an investigation concludes that the samples probably did not contain live virus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday released the results of its internal investigation of the December 22 incident in Atlanta.
Liberia begins clinical trial for Ebola vaccines as outbreak ebbs
2015-02-02 21:51:55| Biotech - Topix.net
Liberia began a trial of experimental Ebola vaccines on Monday, involving thousands of volunteers as part of an effort to slow the spread of the deadly haemorrhagic fever and prevent future outbreaks. The epidemic has killed more than 8,800 people in West Africa since it began more than a year ago, overwhelming weak healthcare systems in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
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Second California patient tests negative for Ebola hours after first
2015-01-31 17:46:47| Biotech - Topix.net
Two patients hospitalized in Sacramento, California, and tested for possible Ebola infection were found to be free of the deadly virus within hours of each other Friday. The first patient, whose case came to light Thursday, was transferred that day to the University of California-Davis Medical Center from a smaller hospital after having traveled recently in West Africa and exhibiting Ebola-like symptoms, officials said.
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