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Needle-Free Ebola Vaccine Tested | NBC 7 San Diego

“A needle-free Ebola vaccine is getting a lot of attention at a convention taking place this week in San Diego.

The nose spray, which is not yet named, is the latest effort against the Ebola outbreak. So far, it’s showing promising results, according to the vaccine’s creator Maria Croyle.”

English: Biosafety level 4 hazmat suit: resear...
English: Biosafety level 4 hazmat suit: researcher is working with the Ebola virus (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

via Needle-Free Ebola Vaccine Tested | NBC 7 San Diego.

Updating a Chronicle of Suffering: Author of ‘The Hot Zone’ Tracks Ebola’s Evolution – NYTimes.com

“When the Ebola outbreak in West Africa began to escalate a few months ago, the writer Richard Preston was working on a children’s fantasy novel. He dropped that and called David Remnick, the editor of The New Yorker. “I said, ‘I’ve got to get back to Ebola,’ ” Mr. Preston said. “I’ve got to cover this.”

Mr. Preston first incited public fears about Ebola 20 years ago with “The Hot Zone,” his thrillerlike narrative that details the virus’s origins and scientists’ struggle to understand and stop it. The book, which has sold 3.5 million copies, could perhaps be classified as dystopian nonfiction.”

via Updating a Chronicle of Suffering: Author of ‘The Hot Zone’ Tracks Ebola’s Evolution – NYTimes.com.