Tag : Ebola outbreak 2014
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Ebola vaccine hope Subscription
Researchers have successfully immunised mice against the deadly Ebola virus in the hope of developing a human vaccine. They used virus-like particles made of the Ebola virus’s two coat proteins. After exposure to the real virus, all of the immunised mice ...
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Public Health England warns of Ebola virus
Healthcare professionals should look out for symptoms of Ebola virus infection in patients who have travelled to Guinea, Liberia or Sierra Leone in the past 21 days.
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WHO launches $100m plan to tackle Ebola
The World Health Organization and African leaders meet to discuss plans to bring the ’unprecedented’ Ebola outbreak under control in West Africa.
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WHO to debate ethical issues surrounding experimental Ebola drugs
The main topics of discussion will be who should be first in line to receive the treatment and whether the drugs are safe for human consumption.
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Medicines supply chain ‘overwhelmed’ by Ebola crisis
Pharmacists working in West Africa have spoken about the overwhelming scale of the challenges they have faced in Liberia in the battle against the Ebola virus.
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Make investigational Ebola drugs available, say ethicists
Drugs in development can be used for the treatment of Ebola, an international panel of ethics experts has recommended to the World Health Organization.
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Initiative sees pharmacists offer Ebola advice in Liberian drug stores
Pharmacists and pharmacy students in Liberia are to visit drug stores and pharmacies to give staff advice about preventing the spread of the Ebola virus.
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Tens of thousands need access to Ebola treatment or prophylaxis
Up to 30,000 people would have so far required treatment or prophylaxis in the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa, according to a “crude” analysis.
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Ebola: what pharmacists need to know Subscription
Pharmacists are ideally placed to help educate the public during the current outbreak of Ebola virus disease.
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Positive results in monkeys from first ZMapp trial to treat Ebola
ZMapp, an experimental combination of three monoclonal antibodies, has successfully cleared Ebola virus infection in monkeys, paving the way for human trials of the therapy.
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