Bundibugyo Ebola vaccines and treatments in development

Global health authorities are racing to identify medical options to help contain an Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic ...
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Does the current Ebola vaccine protect against every type of Ebola virus?

No. The currently approved Ebola vaccine used for outbreak response is called Ervebo. Ervebo protects against one species of Ebola virus, called Zaire ebolavirus. It has not been proven to protect ...
Scientific American

Ebola vaccines exist, but not for the strain in the current outbreak

A decade after Ebola vaccines changed outbreak response, a new epidemic in central Africa is caused by a strain the world ...
Healio

Digitalis glycosides could safely prevent worsening heart failure events

Digitalis glycosides may be a safe and tolerable addition to optimal guideline medical therapy to reduce worsening heart ...
Science Daily

This common vaccine cuts heart risk nearly in half in new study

A shingles vaccine might double as a powerful heart protector. In people already at high risk, it cut major cardiac events by 46% and deaths by an impressive 66% within a year. Scientists think ...
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Wajir targets 250k animals in mass livestock vaccination drive

Wajir county on Saturday launched a week-long livestock vaccination campaign targeting more than 250,000 animals.The initiative is an effort to curb the spread of deadly livestock diseases and protect ...
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RFK Jr. swaps vaccine talk for healthy foods and reading to tots in push to woo voters

Kennedy Jr. asked a carpet full of preschoolers. "A dinosaur!" the boy replied, squeezing tighter. Just weeks ago, Kennedy sat before lawmakers on Capitol Hill and faced intense questions about a ...