Should experimental vaccines be used to fight Ebola?
On Friday the American Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases announced it would fast track trials for an Ebola vaccine - aiming to test it on humans as early as next month.But with at least four Ebola vaccines developed there's a growing push for experimentation to be used in West Africa right now, despite the fact that the drugs are unlicensed. Dr....
On Friday the American Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases announced it would fast track trials for an Ebola vaccine - aiming to test it on humans as early as next month.
But with at least four Ebola vaccines developed there's a growing push for experimentation to be used in West Africa right now, despite the fact that the drugs are unlicensed. Dr. Heinz Feldmann, head of the laboratory of virology at the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, talks to Peter Armstrong about the possibility of releasing an Ebola vaccine to the public.