The second-biggest outbreak of Ebola in history has been raging for eight months in eastern Congo. Notwithstanding the truly heroic efforts of the Congolese government, international aid agencies, and the Congo’s U.N. Peacekeeping force, it’s getting worse. As of April 16, 833 people have died.
Ebola is now appears to be a preventable disease. A vaccine completed at the tail end of 2014 West African outbreak has been highly effective where used, although experimental evidence is lacking. Read More