Ebola is rare, deadly and has multiple variations. There is a vaccine for the Zaire type, now trials for another are underway ...

Ugandan officials are preparing to deploy a trial vaccine as part of efforts to stem an outbreak of Ebola in the capital, ...

Ugandan authorities have begun a clinical trial of a vaccine against the Sudan strain of Ebola that has killed one person in ...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan officials are preparing to deploy a trial vaccine as part of efforts to stem an outbreak of Ebola in the capital, Kampala, a top health official said Sunday.

The Ebola virus disease outbreak now ravaging parts of West Africa is the largest on record. In fact, West Africa has seen more cases of the disease in 2014 than have been seen in all other ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A medical worker disinfects a tent used for suspected Ebola victims inside the Ebola isolation center of ...

There is an FDA-approved vaccine for the prevention of the Ebola virus (species Zaire ortho-ebolavirus). However, vaccines for other strains, such as the Sudan strain, are still under development.

While outbreaks are containable without vaccines, control can be achieved more quickly using safe and effective vaccines. “WHO has allocated $1 million from its Contingency Fund for Emergencies ...

Centred in Mubende district, it was declared over after four months. There are six known types of the Ebola virus. Four of them, Zaire, Bundibugyo, Sudan, and Taï Forest, are known to cause disease in ...