African Bundibugyo Ebolavirus Vaccine Advances to Clinical Trials

Minapharm Group will receive up to $16.5 million from the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations to develop a Bundibugyo ebolavirus vaccine candidate, addressing an escalating outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to a joint announcement from the organizations. CEPI Funding Advances Minapharm Vaccine Candidate for DRC Outbreak Leading African biopharmaceutical company Minapharm … Read more

First Ancient Smallpox Genomes Link Disease to European Colonization

Ancient DNA recovered from two individuals in northern Chile provides the first direct genetic link between colonial-era smallpox outbreaks in the Americas and Old World strains, according to researchers publishing in Science and reported by The Express. The findings offer concrete molecular evidence to help answer longstanding questions regarding how the pathogen arrived and evolved … Read more