Who: Ebola Vaccine Trials Could Begin In January

By Meghan DeMaria, The Week
Tue, 10/21/2014 - 10:33am

An official for the World Health Organization announced Tuesday that experimental Ebola vaccines — in as many as tens of thousands of doses — could be ready for testing in January.Dr. Marie Paule Kieny, an assistant director general for the WHO, said that the "real-world" testing could begin after clinical trials in Africa, Europe, and the United States.

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