Researchers are beginning a highly anticipated study of two possible treatments for the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo. The World Health Organization said Thursday the first participant has been enrolled in a trial that could take months to tell if either drug helps improve survival.
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One month after Congolese authorities officially declared a new Ebola outbreak, the virus is still spreading in the east of the country and the death toll continues to rise. There are now more than 1,000 confirmed cases and more than 250 confirmed deaths.
Researchers are beginning a highly anticipated study of two possible treatments for the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo. The World Health Organization said Thursday the first participant has been enrolled in a trial that could take months to tell if either drug helps improve survival.
The trial of two potential treatments for the Bundibugyo species of Ebola behind the deadly outbreak in the DR Congo began in the country Thursday, the World Health Organization said.
An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed more than 400 people and continues to spread, with health authorities confirming a first case in the major city of Kisangani, hundreds of kilometres from the epidemic's epicentre in the northeast.
An Ebola outbreak in the DR Congo has killed more than 400 people and is still spreading, with a first case reported in the major city of Kisangani, nearly 600 kilometers (370 miles) from its epicenter.
In tonight's edition, Ebola is spreading beyond its original hotspot in the DRC as a new case has been detected nearly 600 kilometers away. And another human rights catastrophe is unfolding in Sudan around the besieged city of al-Obeid, the UN says.
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