We have military research to thank for Ebola vaccines

Shortly after Ebola first broke out in 1976, the Pentagon began looking into countermeasures

Ebola vaccine
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Tragically, the Ebola outbreak in West Africa painfully reminds us of the fragile state of health infrastructure in poor countries — as well as of the seemingly limited impact of global health governance.

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