Phase-3 Trials of Ebola Vaccines Set to Begin

The World Health Organization reports phase-3 trials of possible Ebola vaccines are set to begin at the end of January and early February in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. Experts who attended a high-level WHO meeting on Thursday reviewed data from clinical trials on three potential vaccines and agreed they were safe and could proceed to the next phase. Manufacturers have been fast-tracking the development of Ebola vaccines for the past several months. And the speed and...

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