As the Ebola virus continues to wreak havoc in West Africa, a new Ebola vaccine will be tested on humans for the first time this week. The vaccine is being developed by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and GlaxoSmithKline , and it could protect health workers from contracting the disease while helping those that are already infected. So far, the vaccine has performed “extremely well” in primate studies, according to Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the NIH. Read the rest of First Ebola Vaccine to be Tested on Humans in Response to Frightening Outbreak in West Africa Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: anthony fauci , clinical trial , Ebola , ebola vaccine , gambia , glaxosmithkline , health workers , human trial , mali , national institute of allergy and infectious diseases , National Institutes of Health , NIH , outbreak , oxford , primate studies , vaccine trials , virus , West Africa , WHO , World Health Organization
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First Ebola Vaccine to be Tested on Humans in Response to Frightening Outbreak in West Africa
