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Moderna begins Ebola vaccine trial amid DR Congo outbreak

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Moderna has started a Phase 1 trial of an experimental vaccine against Bundibugyo ebolavirus in Canada. The first participant received the mRNA-1469 vaccine on August 3 at a site in Truro, Nova Scotia. The trial comes as the virus continues spreading across several provinces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The World Health Organization has classified the outbreak as...
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DRC Ebola trial tests therapies as outbreak spreads

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ITURI, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO / RankWire.AI / – The Democratic Republic of the Congo has opened patient enrollment in a clinical trial for Bundibugyo virus disease as confirmed Ebola cases rose to 1,708, including 580 deaths. Government data showed the latest totals on Wednesday. The trial targets the Ebola......