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Human tests of experimental Ebola vaccine set to start

U.S. agencies announce vaccination trials will begin in early September

BETTER DEFENSE  Human tests of an experimental vaccine against the fatal Ebola virus (shown in a false-color micrograph) are slated to begin in early September.

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By Nathan Seppa

- More than 2 years ago

The first of several planned human tests of experimental vaccines against the Ebola virus will begin in the first week of September, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases announced August 28.