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Ebola vaccine created decade ago, undergoes tests only now
The World Health Organization has promised millions of Ebola vaccine doses will be ready by the end of 2015, but warns they're not a magic bullet solution. The virus has already killed nearly 5,000 people. So there's demand for a cure - and a quick one. One vaccine was actually created a decade ago - but spent all that time on the shelf.
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Ebola vaccine created decade ago, undergoes tests only now
The World Health Organization has promised millions of Ebola vaccine doses will be ready by the end of 2015, but warns they’re not a magic bullet solution. The virus has already killed nearly 5,000 people. So there’s demand for a cure – and a quick one. One vaccine was actually created a decade ago – but spent all that time on the shelf.
