West Africa: Ebola Vaccine Trials Show Positive Results

The first results from a trial of a candidate Ebola vaccine at Oxford University in the United Kingdom suggests the vaccine has an acceptable safety profile at the doses tested, and is able to generate an immune response.

"The vaccine was well tolerated. Its safety profile is pretty much as we had hoped," said Professor Adrian Hill of the university's Jenner Institute, who led the trial.

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