Merck locates frozen batch of undisclosed Ebola vaccine, will donate for testing in Uganda ’s outbreak
In a revelation that may help Uganda combat its outbreak of Ebola, the pharmaceutical giant Merck has acknowledged to
Science—
after repeated inquiries
—
that it has up to 100,000 doses of an experimental vaccine for the deadly viral disease in its freezers in Pennsylvania and will donate them. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Ugandan government are discussing if and how these doses can be incorporated into one or more clinical trials of
other
candidate Ebola vaccines that could launch as soon as next month.
The Merck vaccine targets Sudan ebolavirus, the pathogen currentl...
Source: ScienceNOW - October 23, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: news
Uganda Reports Worrisome Increase in Ebola Cases in Capital
KAMPALA, Uganda — Ugandan officials have reported 11 more cases of Ebola in the capital since Friday, a worrisome increase in infections just over a month after an outbreak was declared in a remote part of the East African country.
Nine more people in the Kampala metropolitan area tested positive for Ebola on Sunday, in addition to two others on Friday, Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng said Monday.
A top World Health Organization official in Africa said last week that Uganda’s Ebola outbreak was “rapidly evolving,” describing a challenging situation for health workers.
Ugandan health authorities have...
Source: TIME: Health - October 20, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Rodney Muhumuza/AP Tags: Uncategorized Disease healthscienceclimate wire Source Type: news
U.S. weighs crackdown on experiments that could make viruses more dangerous
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Source: ScienceNOW - October 19, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: news
Tanzania: Young Africans, UNICEF Sign Six-Month Deal
[Daily News] Young Africans have sealed a six-month contract with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) targeting to promote awareness on COVID-19 vaccination and education on Ebola disease. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 19, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Uganda to deploy Ebola vaccine in 2 weeks, says WHO official
A World Health Organization official says experimental Ebola vaccines will be deployed in Uganda in about “two weeks.” (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - October 19, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Serum Institute to produce Ebola vaccine for use in Uganda outbreak
The Serum Institute of India plans to manufacture 20,000 to 30,000 doses of an experimental Ebola vaccine by the end of November for use in trials against an outbreak in Uganda, its developers and a company source said. (Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - October 17, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Uganda: Uganda, WHO to Try Two Vaccines for Rare Ebola Virus Strain
[VOA] Kampala -- Uganda and the World Health Organization are planning to try out two vaccines for the Ebola Sudan virus to try and curb the spread of the rare strain. The virus has so far killed 19 people and infected at least 54 people in five districts in Uganda. After meetings in Kampala, the WHO's director general described the new outbreak as troubling. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 13, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
WHO says vaccine trial for new Ebola strain could start soon, as 1st case confirmed in Ugandan capital
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday a clinical trial of vaccines to combat the Sudan strain of Ebola could start within weeks as an outbreak of the disease in Uganda reached the capital, stirring alarm. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - October 12, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/World Source Type: news
Uganda is battling Ebola again – and the world doesn’t have a vaccine | Devi Sridhar
Covid has led to pandemic fatigue, but for both humanitarian and self-interested reasons, global governments must helpEbola is one of those diseases you ’d rather not know about. It has ahigh mortality rate, often over 50%, and while the symptoms start with a fever and headache, in the latter stages, the body internally bleeds to death. Because it ’s spread through body fluids, such as an infectious person’s blood, vomit, urine, saliva, sweat or semen, it’s not as infectious as respiratory pathogens such as Covid-19, which spread through air. Those most at risk of Ebola are healthcare workers and family members car...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 10, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Devi Sridhar Tags: Uganda Ebola Africa World news Infectious diseases Medical research Source Type: news
Health workers among dead in Ugandan Ebola outbreak
MSF calls situation ‘very serious’ as east African country grapples with outbreak of Sudan strain of virus, for which no vaccine existsIt seems like a normal day in Mubende, central Uganda. Shops remain open, children are at school and public gatherings are allowed, provided people remain socially distant.The ambulances that whisk past every few hours and the health workers who wash themselves meticulously before they return home are the only indications that it is not business as usual in the densely populated mining district, which is struggling to contain an outbreak of Ebola.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 7, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Harriet Nankya in Kampala and Kaamil Ahmed Tags: Global health Global development Ebola World news Uganda Africa Infectious diseases Science Source Type: news
U.S. to Begin Screening Air Passengers From Uganda for Ebola
There are no cases in the United States, but federal health officials also urged doctors to be vigilant for patients with symptoms. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - October 6, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Apoorva Mandavilli and Sheryl Gay Stolberg Tags: Vaccination and Immunization Ebola Virus Shortages Epidemics Uganda Factories and Manufacturing Infections Antibodies Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Source Type: news
CDC, WHO, Uganda to host regional meeting as Ebola spreads
The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says Uganda next week will host a ministerial meeting on the outbreak of the Sudan strain of the Ebola virus which has no proven vaccine and has caused alarm in the East Africa region (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - October 6, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Uganda: Ebola Deaths Climb
[Independent (Kampala)] A multipronged international effort has begun to pull out all the stops to launch trials of experimental Ebola vaccines in Uganda, which declared an outbreak of the deadly disease on 20 September. According to the most recent World Health Organization (WHO) update, Uganda had by Sept.29 had 35 confirmed cumulative cases, and 7 cumulative Ebola deaths, and 427 contacts listed for follow up. A trial of a vaccine candidate that's farthest along in development could launch before the end of next month. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 4, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Uganda Races to Contain a Deadly Ebola Outbreak
The outbreak was caused by the Sudan strain of the virus, which has no approved vaccine or drug treatment. Scientists are now rushing to begin clinical trials in the coming weeks. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - October 1, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Abdi Latif Dahir Tags: Uganda Kampala (Uganda) Ebola Virus Congo, Democratic Republic of (Congo-Kinshasa) Sudan Museveni, Yoweri World Health Organization Source Type: news
Uganda's Ebola outbreak: Why is it so serious?
It is proving more difficult to deal with as vaccines are not available for a rare strain of the virus. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - September 30, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
