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Ebola experimental vaccine is highly effective, trial shows
Source: BBC
24 minutes ago
An experimental vaccine has been found to be highly effective against the deadly Ebola virus.
The trial was conducted in Guinea, one of the West African countries most affected by an outbreak of Ebola that ended this year.
Results, published in British medical journal The Lancet, show that of nearly 6,000 people receiving the vaccine, all were free of the virus 10 days later.
In a group of the same size not vaccinated, 23 later developed Ebola.
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-38414060
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