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There is no clear path to test the three candidate vaccines developed to combat the Ebola Sudan strain now that Uganda’s outbreak is over.

At least 90 people have been deemed suspected contacts and are in quarantine

For the first time in the country's history, the Marburg virus has been detected in Ghana. The infectious disease is one of the most dangerous known viruses.

Der teuflischste Erreger der Welt ist erstmals im afrikanischen Guinea entdeckt worden: Das Marburg-Virus löst eine lebensbedrohliche Erkrankung aus, gegen die es weder eine Impfung noch Medikamente gibt.

 E-Mail The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) is establishing eleven new Collaborative Research Centres (CRC) to promote world-class research at universities. This was announced by the relevant Grants Committee, which met by video conference due to the coronavirus pandemic. The new CRCs will initially receive a total of approximately €138 million over a period of four years from 1 July 2021 onwards. This includes a 22-percent programme allowance for indirect p...

AstraZeneca vaccine halted after reported blood clots. Global health experts were under increasing pressure to clear up questions over the safety of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine.

Health experts pour over AstraZeneca safety data as Europe reels from vaccine suspensions Published March 16, 2021 8:07pm PARIS - Global health experts were under increasing pressure to clear up questions over the safety of AstraZenecas COVID-19 shot on Tuesday, as Sweden and Latvia joined countries suspending their use in a further blow to Europes vaccination rollout. A World Health Organization (WHO) committee of experts was reviewing isolated cases of bleeding, blood clots and low plat...

Global health experts came under increasing pressure on Tuesday to clear up questions over the safety of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 shot, as Sweden and Latvia joined countries suspending their use in a further blow to Europe's vaccination rollout.

WHO committee may issue statement on AstraZeneca as health experts assess safety data Toggle share menu Advertisement WHO committee may issue statement on AstraZeneca as health experts assess safety data FILE PHOTO: A logo is pictured outside a building of the World Health Organization (WHO) during an executive board meeting on update on the coronavirus outbreak, in Geneva, Switzerland, February 6, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo 16 Mar 2021 07:45PM (Updated: 16 M...

These symptoms have not yet been observed there said Stephan Becker head of the Institute for Virology at Philipps University Marburg