Why Isn't There A Treatment Or Vaccine For Ebola?
- Publisher:
- Wochit
- Publication Date:
- 1 August 2014
- Tags:
- West Africa, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, United States, Canada and Africa
In the four decades since the Ebola virus was first identified in Africa, treatment hasn't changed much. The current outbreak in three West African countries - Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone - has sickened more than 1,300 people and more than 700 have died since March. So the real question is, why isn't there a treatment by now? For one thing, the Ebola virus is hard to work with.
