Uganda has begun a clinical trial of a vaccine against the Sudan strain of Ebola following an outbreak that has killed one ...

It is the sixth time Uganda has been hit by an outbreak of the Sudan strain of the virus, for which there is no approved vaccine. Of the five other Ebola species, just one has licensed vaccines.

The Ugandan government and the World Health Organization recently confirmed an outbreak of Sudan virus disease. The index (first-known) case of this outbreak is thought to be a 32-year-old male nurse ...

Sudan virus (SUDV) can infect people to cause Sudan virus disease (SVD). Right now, an outbreak of SVD has been detected in Uganda. The first patient, a 32-year-old nurse, died from the illness on ...

Uganda declared an outbreak of a relatively rare strain of the deadly hemorrhagic disease Ebola on Thursday. “An outbreak of ...

Ugandan authorities on Monday began a clinical trial of a vaccine against the Sudan strain of Ebola that ... which began four days after Uganda announced the death of a nurse in the capital ...

There is no approved vaccine for the Sudan strain of Ebola Uganda has launched a trial of a vaccine against the Sudan strain of the Ebola virus, following an outbreak in the country that has ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has deployed a team of health experts to Uganda to support the country's response to a confirmed outbreak of Sudan virus disease, a viral illness similar to Ebola.

In a post on the X platform late on Monday, Matshidiso Moeti, WHO director for Africa, said Uganda had also started a clinical trial of a vaccine against the Sudan strain of Ebola. Currently there ...