Ebola

The Ebola virus can 'live on in eyes of survivors'

Posted in Medicine on 8th May, 2015
by Alex Muller

Ebola can persist in the eye and lead to further damage.

Ebola Vaccine Sees Early Success in Human Trials

Posted in Medicine on 14th Apr, 2015
by Alex Muller

Researchers are saying that there is hope that ebola will soon never resurface in epidemic proportions again, as a vaccine was found to be effective in human trials.

A new fifteen-minute Ebola diagnostic test approved

Posted in Medicine on 20th Feb, 2015
by Alex Muller

The first rapid blood test for Ebola has been approved for use by the World Health Organization.

Ebola outbreak: Virus mutating, scientists warn

Posted in Science on 29th Jan, 2015
by Alex Muller

Researchers at the Institut Pasteur in France, which first identified the outbreak last March, are investigating whether it could have become more contagious.

Ebola: New vaccine trial begins

Posted in Medicine on 6th Jan, 2015
by Alex Muller

Scientists at Oxford University have begun immunising healthy volunteers with a new Ebola vaccine.