Uganda has begun a clinical trial of a vaccine against the Sudan strain of Ebola following an outbreak that has killed one nurse in the east African country.

Uganda starts clinical trial to combat Sudan strain of Ebola The study comes amid an outbreak of the Sudan Ebola virus, which has already killed a nurse and infected others.

Makerere University, the Uganda Virus Research Institute and the WHO got the Ebola vaccine trial ready for dosing in just four days.

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Ebola was discovered in 1976 in two simultaneous outbreaks in South Sudan and Congo, where it occurred in a village near the Ebola River, after which the disease is named.

A Ugandan health official says a nurse died of Ebola, in the first recorded fatality since the country's last outbreak ended in 2023.

The Ministry of Health has confirmed another outbreak of Sudan Ebola in Kampala, which has killed a 32-year-old male nurse working at Mulago National Referral Hospital. The ministry’s Permanent ...

Ugandan authorities on Monday began a clinical trial of a vaccine against the Sudan strain of Ebola that has killed one person in the outbreak declared last week.