Thousands to receive experimental Ebola vaccines in West Africa
Thousands of people are to be injected with two experimental Ebola vaccines in trials in West Africa within a couple of weeks, and a Baltimore biotechnology company is launching a human trial of its own candidate in June, as scientists and public health officials work to end the deadly epidemic.
The United States is working with Liberia on a study expected to include 27,000 people in that country who are at risk of contracting Ebola. The subjects would receive one of two leading vaccine candidates or a placebo to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the inoculations. A smaller trial is set for Sierra Leone.
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