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WHO Plans Large-Scale Ebola Vaccine Trials for January

HeadlineOct 22, 2014

The World Health Organization has announced plans to begin trials of experimental Ebola vaccines with tens of thousands of people in West Africa as early as January. Initial safety trials have already begun and are set to expand to hundreds of volunteers in the United States, Europe and Africa. Earlier today, a top Red Cross official said the Ebola epidemic in West Africa can be contained in four to six months.

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