New Vaccine Might Be Game-Changer in DRC's Ebola Fight

The Ebola outbreak that has killed more than two dozen people in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo could be as devastating as the one that hit West Africa several years ago, if left unchecked. But first responders say things are different this time. That’s in large part thanks to a vaccine they couldn’t use in late 2013, when Ebola cases were first reported in Guinea. The pharmaceutical giant Merck has shipped about 8,600 doses of its experimental vaccine, V920, to the site of...

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