Public, Private Entities Continue Efforts To Develop Ebola Vaccines, Therapies

Media outlets report on various aspects of efforts to develop a vaccine for Ebola and produce more doses of experimental drugs to treat the disease.

ABC News: Will There Be an Ebola Vaccine Soon? (Besser, 10/17).
Agence France-Presse: Experimental Ebola vaccine expected in Geneva Tuesday: hospital (10/19).
Agence France-Presse: Ebola vaccine not before late 2016: GSK researcher (10/17).
The Guardian: Progress towards Ebola vaccine would have been faster had bioterrorism research been completed (Jones/Boseley, 10/17).
The Hill: Budget cuts not to blame for lack Ebola vaccine, Fauci says (Hattem, 10/19).
Reuters: GSK says Ebola vaccine development progressing at “unprecedented rate” (10/19).
Reuters: U.S. requests production plans for Ebola drug ZMapp (Begley, 10/17).
Wall Street Journal: Ebola Drug Race Ramps Up in Earnest (Loftus/McKay, 10/17).
Wall Street Journal: Why the Work of Dr. Nancy J. Sullivan Could Be Key to a Potential Ebola Vaccine (Burton, 10/19).

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