WHO approves trials for two new Ebola vaccines amid deadly outbreak in DR Congo
The World Health Organization has approved clinical trials for two additional Ebola vaccine candidates as health workers try to contain an outbreak in Africa that has killed more than 5,300 people. The new trials are being added to an existing study that began last month using the Ervebo vaccine, which is approved for Ebola virus but not for the Bundibugyo virus driving the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said expert groups recommended the new candidates after reviewing the situation.The two vaccines are ChAdOx1 BDBV, developed by the University of Oxford with the... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 04 Nov 2026 17:30 LONDON
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Northern Ethiopia fighting and drone strikes push health system towards collapse
Renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia is worsening an already fragile humanitarian and health situation, according to the World Health Organization. The violence involves rebels from the northern Tigray region and the government in Addis Ababa, with drone strikes and civilian deaths reported in both Amhara and Tigray. The latest warnings come as the 2022 peace deal between the two sides has effectively broken down.WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a statement on Monday that the conflict had killed several civilians in recent days and was straining medical facilities. He said at least 15 people, several of them children, died... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 02 Nov 2026 16:30 LONDON
