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Liberia: Ebola Vaccine Volunteers Showing No Serious Side Effects - Official
LINA, 21 June 2015
The 1,500 participants of the recent clinical trials of two vaccines to prevent the Ebola virus have since their inoculation reported no serious side effects, an official has… Read more »
No Serious Side Effects From Ebola Vaccine - Official
A research group which recently adminstered two trial vaccines to 1500 volunteers in Liberia has reported "no serious side effects" to any of the participants of the study.
Liberian registered pharmacists, in protective gear, transfer the Ebola test vaccines from vials to syringes, for transport from a holding facility to Redemption Hospital in Monrovia for the Ebola vaccine study.
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Liberia: Ebola Vaccine Volunteers Show No Side-Effects
NEWS, 23 June 2015
Researchers of a joint U.S., Liberia partnership have indicated that more than 1,500 participants of a recent clinical trial of two vaccines to prevent the Ebola virus showed no… Read more »
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Nigeria: Nigeria, Seven Others to Begin Ebola Vaccine Trial
Guardian, 20 May 2015
Nigeria is one of eight African countries where clinical trials of a vaccine for the Ebola virus disease will soon commence. The others are Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Cameroun,… Read more »
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Liberia: Ebola Trial Vaccine Volunteers to Be Monitored
New Dawn, 15 May 2015
The co-investigator of the recent Ebola trial vaccine, Dr. Steven Kennedy, has said volunteers who took the vaccine trial will be monitored for life safety, adding there is a need… Read more »
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Liberia: 1,500 Volunteers Complete Ebola Vaccine Study
LINA, 7 May 2015
An official of the clinical trial known as the Partnership for Research on Ebola Vaccine in Liberia (PREVAIL) has disclosed that 1,500 volunteers have successfully participated in… Read more »
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Liberia: Liberia Completes Phase Two of Ebola Virus Trial Vaccines
FrontPageAfrica, 7 May 2015
With no Ebola case reported nearly two months and less than three days left for Liberia to be declared Ebola free, the country has completed Phase Two of the experimental Ebola… Read more »
InFocus
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Health authorities have been cited by the legislature to explain how the country was chosen for the trial "without their knowledge". Read more »
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Experts caution that the vaccine is still a long way from use in the field and that no announcement on larger-scale trials is expected. Read more »
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Trials at Switzerland's Lausanne University Hospital, with the support of the World Health Organisation, will begin this week. Read more »
