Ebola drugs

Update news Ebola drugs

U.S. invests $170 million in late-stage Ebola vaccines, drugs

 The U.S. government is investing more than $170 million to help two new vaccines against the Ebola virus and two Ebola drugs complete the steps needed for approval from the Food and Drug Administration.

Up to 30,000 'eligible for Ebola drugs'

 Up to 30,000 people could have been eligible for drugs in the current Ebola outbreak - if they had been available, a report in Nature suggests.