The only good news I can find about this ’26 outbreak is that… one six month old, and his mother have recovered from the Bundibugyo / Ebola virus as of this week. That, and that Phase I clinical trial testing may begin on various mRNA Bundibugyo vaccine candidates — in about two weeks.
All while the Africa CDC suspects that this outbreak may prove to eclipse the 12,000 deaths in 2012-14, before it is all over. But here is the encouraging news, just the same:
…NAIROBI/DAKAR, June 16 (Reuters) — Lead vaccine candidates developed by Oxford University and Moderna against Ebola Bundibugyo, the deadly virus that has swept through eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, could enter Phase 1 trials as early as July 1, with field trials possible within several months, the head of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, Richard Hatchett, said on Tuesday….
Excellent, indeed. Speed onward, you biological science-mavens — we need your help desperately now in DRC and Uganda.
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