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Ebola – Small Market for Vaccines

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From the 10/26/2022 PROMED Digest email, in an entry on the current Ugandan  Sudan Ebola outbreak, is this snippet from a longer release. It seems “a long, tortured history” is an apt description of the efforts for an ebola vaccine.   Small market ———— Ebola vaccines have a long, tortured history. The VSV platform used … [Read more…]

Dr. Sherif R. Zaki, Acclaimed Disease Detective, Dies at 65

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Dr. Sherif R. Zaki, Acclaimed Disease Detective, Dies at 65 He helped identify numerous viruses, including Covid-19, as well as the bioterrorism attack that spread anthrax in 2001. By Sam Roberts Dec. 4, 2021 Dr. Sherif R. Zaki in 2006. He was, a colleague said, considered to be “among the most influential infectious disease pathologists … [Read more…]