Ebola Splits Into Three Rails as Uganda Declares Its Outbreak Over
Uganda ends its outbreak, Hilleman starts dosing in Uganda, and Health Canada authorises Moderna's vaccine — three independent developments in one week.
Kenji Nakamura
Bureau: Tokyo
Uganda Declares Its Ebola Outbreak Over
42 days without local transmission, last case discharged June 16 — Uganda's declaration is jurisdictionally separate from DRC's 3,360/1,487 ledger.
Hilleman Begins First-In-Human Dosing on a New Ebola Vaccine
X sees a Phase 1 trial as the start of a pipeline; MSM frames it as hope arriving — the gap is trial-stage discipline in a field where authorization doesn't mean deployment.
Congo Ebola Response Access Keeps Shrinking in Conflict Zones
DRC's 3,360-case snapshot holds but response access in conflict areas shrinks — the gap between caseload and containment widens.
Bundibugyo Ebola Vaccine Trials Wait for Ethics and Recruitment
Hilleman's Phase 1 dose start is a milestone — ethics approval, enrollment, and results are separate future stages.