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Can a vaccine built for one Ebola virus stop another? Without a vaccine, efforts to control the outbreak depend entirely on public health measures. Health 49 min ago

Can a vaccine built for one Ebola virus stop another? Without a vaccine, efforts to control the outbreak depend entirely on public health measures. Health 49 min ago

By GhanaSummary NewsroomKenya

These figures make the current outbreak the second-largest Ebola epidemic on record, surpassed only by the west African epidemic of 2014–16, where 11,000 people died.

The current Ebola outbreak was declared a public health emergency of international concern in May 2026.

No licensed vaccine The challenge is that, unlike the Zaire species of Ebola, there is currently no licensed vaccine for Bundibugyo virus disease.

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