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Category: Ebola

Posted on December 22, 2020December 24, 2020

How the new coronavirus variant quickly accumulated 17 mutations

According to a preliminary report posted on December 19 by the COG-UK Consortium scientists, as of December 15, 1,623 variant genomes have been sequenced. In a December 21 tweet, COG-UK…

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Posted on May 12, 2020

Plasma therapy: In a welcome change, ICMR insists on evidence-based approach

ICMR’s insistence on an evidence-based approach to plasma therapy is a welcome change and is in stark contrast to the cavalier manner in which it approved hydroxychloroquine as a prophylaxis…

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Posted on February 15, 2020

Convalescent plasma therapy tested on critically ill COVID-19 patients

A pharma company in China is testing convalescent plasma therapy to treat critically sick COVID-19 patients. So far, 13 patients have been treated and some improvements in clinical symptoms have…

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Posted on August 16, 2019August 20, 2019

Deadly Ebola virus on the brink of being tamed

Preliminary analysis of 499 Ebola infected participants has sprung a surprise — the chances of survival may be as high as 90% if patients are treated with one of the…

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Posted on July 20, 2019July 20, 2019

Merck’s unlicensed Ebola vaccine shows 97.5% efficacy in Congo

Merck’s Ebola vaccine, which underwent phase-3 trial during the 2014-2015 Ebola epidemic in west Africa, has shown 97.5% efficacy in preventing Ebola disease when used during the current epidemic in…

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Posted on July 19, 2019

WHO declares Ebola in Congo as public health emergency

On July 17, the WHO finally declared Ebola virus disease outbreak in Congo a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Since the beginning of the outbreak in August 2018, Ebola…

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Posted on August 6, 2018August 6, 2018

Can Congo again swiftly control Ebola spread, death?

Days after the WHO declared the end of the May 8 Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a fresh outbreak was reported on August 1 in North Kivu. If…

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Posted on December 28, 2016December 29, 2016

Top health stories of 2016

On the health front, the year 2016 witnessed a few setbacks and but also a few positive developments. Here are the most important health developments of 2016 1. Trial results…

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