WHO: Ebola vaccine trials in W. Africa in January

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WHO: Ebola vaccine trials in W. Africa in January

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ebola-vaccine-trials-west-africa-jan-111913681.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/IpnU43zpRWrz532A6ZYD1w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/5bf3dd9a68d52329630f6a706700f0fa.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Marie-Paule Kieny, Assistant Director General for Health Systems and Innovation of the World Health Organization (WHO), speaks during a press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014. Dr Marie-Paule Kieny, says clinical trials planned or under way in Europe, Africa and the U.S. are being accompanied by a strong push among governments for immediate ?real-world use? of an approved Ebola vaccine. She told reporters Tuesday in Geneva that tens of thousands of doses _ short of mass deployment _ would be made available through West African ?efficacy trials? starting ?in early 2015, in January.? (AP Photo/Keystone,Martial Trezzini)" align="left" title="Marie-Paule Kieny, Assistant Director General for Health Systems and Innovation of the World Health Organization (WHO), speaks during a press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014. Dr Marie-Paule Kieny, says clinical trials planned or under way in Europe, Africa and the U.S. are being accompanied by a strong push among governments for immediate ?real-world use? of an approved Ebola vaccine. She told reporters Tuesday in Geneva that tens of thousands of doses _ short of mass deployment _ would be made available through West African ?efficacy trials? starting ?in early 2015, in January.? (AP Photo/Keystone,Martial Trezzini)" border="0" /></a>GENEVA (AP) ? The World Health Organization is pressing the search for an Ebola vaccine and hopes to begin testing two experimental versions as early as January on more than 20,000 front-line health care workers and others in West Africa's hot zone ? a bigger rollout than envisioned just a few months ago.</p><br clear="all"/>

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