What’s in the needle? A look at Ebola vaccine candidate VSV-EBOV
[B]eginning about fifteen years ago, several teams of researchers in various nations began in earnest to pursue a viable vaccine against Ebola and Marburg filoviruses. In about 2013, two candidates reached monkey experiments (what are commonly called ‘non-human primate’ trials) and reported rousing success. Today, we’ll discuss one of thoseContinue Reading
Spanish HCW’s Mistake: She touched her face
[A]ccording to reports from Spain this afternoon, Spanish Healthcare Worker (HCW) Maria Teresa Romero Ramos admits that she ‘may have touched her face’ when removing her PPE (Personal Protection Equipment). Doctor German Ramirez, a physician at Carlos III Hospital in Madrid, told reporters from the Washington Post that Ramos isContinue Reading
Ebola Report: Just What Happened in Spain?
UPDATE: DailyMail now reports nursing assistant is Teresa Romero Ramos, and that she is under military guard while in isolation. Authorities in Spain also are planning to euthanize Ramos’s dog as a precaution. By Sharon K. Gilbert [A]s the numbers of the dead and dying continue to climb in WestContinue Reading