World

A vaccine for the highly contagious and deadly Ebola virus has proved to be 100 percent effective, the World Health Organization announced Friday. Tests show that a single dose of the newly developed vaccine, VSV-EBOV, is highly effective. Scientists hope the vaccine will prevent the spread of the virus, the latest of which swept over three West […]

New York City’s Mount Sinai Hospital is putting a man through the rigors of testing for the deadly Ebola virus, after he recently returned from West Africa exhibiting symptoms that are typically associated with the viral strain according to ABC News. The unidentified patient reportedly arrived at Mount Sinai’s emergency room early Monday morning with a high fever and […]

NewsOne Now

Charles Chiu, M.D./Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Laboratory Medicine and Medicine /Infectious Diseases at UCSF joined Roland Martin and the “NewsOne Now” panel to discuss the Ebola outbreak that is racing across Africa and if the deadly disease posses a threat to the United States. Be sure to listen to “NewsOne Now” with Roland Martin, weekdays at 7 a.m. EST and watch at […]