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still_one

(92,422 posts) Fri Jul 31, 2015, 12:18 PM Jul 2015

Merck's Ebola Vaccine Is 'Highly Effective'

Merck's Ebola Vaccine Is 'Highly Effective'
by Bloomberg Video 2:54 mins
July 31 -- Merck & Co.’s vaccine for Ebola is “highly effective,” according to an interim analysis from a panel of experts who recommended that a late-stage trial should continue.

http://finance.yahoo.com/video/ebola-vaccine-highly-effective-trial-131449674.html

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Merck's Ebola Vaccine Is 'Highly Effective' (Original Post) still_one Jul 2015 OP

Terrific! NuclearDem Jul 2015 #1

That's very good news! nt haikugal Jul 2015 #2

This is wonderful news! BIG thanks to the Canadian researchers at... Spazito Jul 2015 #3

Nearly 100% effective in early trials. My Pet Goat Jul 2015 #4

NuclearDem

(16,184 posts)

1. Terrific!

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Fri Jul 31, 2015, 12:21 PM

Jul 2015

haikugal

(6,476 posts)

2. That's very good news! nt

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Fri Jul 31, 2015, 12:38 PM

Jul 2015

Spazito

(50,486 posts)

3. This is wonderful news! BIG thanks to the Canadian researchers at...

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Fri Jul 31, 2015, 12:48 PM

Jul 2015

the Public Health Agency of Canada's National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg under the direction of Dr. Gary Kobinger!

Ebola vaccine from Canada seems to work in trial in Guinea: WHO

http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/ebola-vaccine-from-canada-seems-to-work-in-trial-in-guinea-who-1.3175101

My Pet Goat

(413 posts)

4. Nearly 100% effective in early trials.

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Fri Jul 31, 2015, 12:50 PM

Jul 2015

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/07/31/428018501/new-ebola-vaccine-has-100-percent-effectiveness-in-early-results

This is such great news.

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