Dossier
Ebola vaccine candidates
Coverage of Ebola vaccine candidates in the Nexus archive.
- What will it take to get a vaccine for the Ebola strain driving the current outbreak?
An effective vaccine exists for Ebola but not for the strain causing the current outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Trials are ongoing for several vaccine candidates, with questions remaining about the timeline for development.
- Ebola vaccine candidates being fast-tracked to target rare strain
Three vaccine candidates are being fast-tracked to target the Ebola species spreading in Central Africa. The effort involves major organizations and companies, though logistics remain complicated.