Ebola

GAITHERSBURG, Md., July 31, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE: EBS) announced today that it was awarded a 10-year contract by the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the…

The UN's health agency on Thursday declared an end to a nearly four-month epidemic of Marburg virus in Equatorial Guinea, saying the disease, a cousin of Ebola, had caused 35 confirmed or suspected deaths.…

Viruses like influenza A and Ebola invade human cells in a number of steps. In an interdisciplinary approach, research teams from Heidelberg University and Heidelberg University Hospital investigated the final stages of viral penetration…

For the first time, the world is seeing two simultaneous outbreaks of the Marburg virus – one in Equatorial Guinea, the other in Tanzania. The Marburg virus is just as deadly as Ebola, to which it is closely…

In February, a 23-year-old Tanzanian fisherman suddenly fell ill, having just returned from a busy trading outpost in the middle of Lake Victoria. Back at home in Bukoba, a district in northwestern Tanzania, he was hit by bouts of vomiting…

In their evolutionary battle for survival, viruses have developed strategies to spark and perpetuate infection. Once inside a host cell, the Ebola virus, for example, hijacks molecular pathways to replicate itself and eventually make its…

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Sabin Vaccine Institute today announced that the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) has awarded Sabin a multi-year contract with funding potential for up to…

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- O Sabin Vaccine Institute anunciou hoje que a Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) fechou com a Sabin um contrato plurianual com potencial de financiamento de até US…

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- El Sabin Vaccine Institute anunció hoy que la Autoridad de Investigación y Desarrollo Avanzado Biomédico (BARDA) concedió a Sabin un contrato de varios años con un potencial de financiamiento…

Two randomized, placebo-controlled trials evaluating three Ebola vaccine administration strategies in adults and children found that all the regimens were safe in both age groups, according to results published today in the New England…