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The Race for the Ebola Vaccine

SPRINTING

With Ebola still raging in West Africa, the race to find a vaccine is heating up. Which drug company will be first to the finish line?

UPDATE: According to a statement from WHO Friday, Merck & Co.'s VSV-EBOV vaccine has proven "highly effective,” with 100 percent efficacy in clinical trials. The vaccine was developed by an Ames-Iowa based pharmaceutical called NewLink and commissioned by the Public Health Agency of Canada.

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