Sunday, June 05, 2005

Good Ebola news

The Ebola (and Marburg) have stayed largely confined to Africa, but they have rightly been a concern to health officials around the world because of the quick way they spread and high fatality rate. In a world under threat of bio-terrorism, the threat these hemorrhagic fevers was even greater. The New York Times reports good news on the front against these viruses, though. Scientists have made a vaccine break through by successfully inoculating 12 monkeys against the diseases.

Now, if we can just make some progress against the bird flu instead of just scaring people about it...

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