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Experts are "very encouraged" after just three new Ebola cases were reported in the past week in eastern Congo

Congo Ebola Outbreak Seems to Be Easing

HealthDay.com - Feb 12, 2020 0

So far, at least 2,249 people have died in the epidemic that began in August 2018

The first Ebola vaccine approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is a single-dose injection called Ervebo. The vaccine from Merck & Co. is approved to protect against the Zaire ebolavirus in people ages 18 years and older.

FDA Gives First Ebola Vaccine for Adults the Green Light

HealthDay.com - Dec 20, 2019 0

Ervebo shown to be highly effective in preventing infection in people exposed to the virus

The world's first Ebola vaccine has been approved by the European Commission

First Ebola Vaccine Approved by European Commission

HealthDay.com - Nov 14, 2019 0

Vaccine being used in 'compassionate use' capacity in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has stepped up its efforts to help fight the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

CDC Boosts Efforts to Fight Congo Ebola Outbreak

HealthDay.com - Aug 30, 2019 0

So far, 3,004 cases and 2,006 deaths have been reported in the Ebola outbreak

New drugs cured two Ebola patients in Congo

Doctors Say New Drugs ‘Cured’ Two Ebola Patients

HealthDay.com - Aug 13, 2019 0

The two drugs -- REGN-EB3 and mAb-114 -- are monoclonal antibodies that block Ebola

Two experimental Ebola treatments have worked so well in the Democratic Republic of Congo outbreak that they will be offered to all patients

New Ebola Drugs Highly Effective, Might Shorten Outbreak in Africa

HealthDay.com - Aug 12, 2019 0

The treatments, REGN-EB3 and mAb-114, are both monoclonal antibodies

The first transmission of the Ebola virus in Congo's major city of Goma was announced Thursday by the country's health ministry. It said that the disease has been confirmed in the 1-year-old daughter of a man who died of Ebola on Wednesday. The man had symptoms for several days while at home with his large family

First Ebola Transmission in Congo City of Goma Reported

HealthDay.com - Aug 1, 2019 0

Rwanda has closed its border with Congo due to the Ebola outbreak

The World Health Organization on Wednesday called the year-old outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo a global health emergency

WHO Declares Congo Ebola Outbreak Global Health Emergency

HealthDay.com - Jul 17, 2019 0

Declarations of emergency typically spur increases in global attention and aid

The first case of Ebola in the city of Goma has been confirmed

Congo Officials: First Ebola Case Confirmed in City of Goma

HealthDay.com - Jul 15, 2019 0

Case raising fears that Ebola outbreak in Congo could make its way into Rwanda

Two experimental Ebola treatments being used in the current outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo have proved effective in laboratory tests with human cells

Lab Tests Show Experimental Ebola Treatments Effective

HealthDay.com - Jul 10, 2019 0

Remdesivir, ZMapp monoclonal antibodies both appear to block growth of the Ebola virus strain

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