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The World Health Organisation has endorsed the final results of the clinical trial of an Ebola prototype vaccine. The global body in a statement in Geneva, Switzerland on Wednesday noted that the final trial results confirmed that the Ebola vaccine provided high protection against the disease. The vaccine called rvsv-ZEBOV, according to results published in The Lancet , was studied in a trial involving 11,841 people in Guinea in 2015. WHO’s Assistant Director-General for Health Systems and Innovation, and the study’s lead author, Dr Marie-Paule Kieny, stated that  among the 5,837 people who received the vaccine, no Ebola cases were recorded 10 days or more after vaccination, while there were 23 cases  about 10 days among those who did not receive the vaccine. The trial was led by WHO, together with Guinea’s Ministry of Health, Medecins sans Frontieres and the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, in collaboration with other international partners. Kieny said, “While these comp...

In another indicator of Venezuela’s deep financial and humanitarian crisis, women in the socialist country are opting for sterilization in record numbers. Traditional contraceptives like condoms or birth control pills have virtually vanished from store shelves, pushing them toward the hard-to-reverse surgery. According to a study conducted by PLAFAM, a non-governmental organization focused on Planned Parenthood and sexual health issues, today nearly 23 percent more women are being sterilized in Venezuela compared to four years ago. PLAFAM director Enrique Abache told The Washington Post that doctors at their clinic are performing an average of 30 sterilizations per week. “It wasn’t a hard decision to make,” said a recently sterilized mother of two, as quoted by the Post. “It was the most feasible option … because of the country’s financial situation,” said the 31-year-old woman, who asked to remain anonymous. She said she decided to undergo the $1,500 procedure after the birth of her ...

GENEVA – Final test results confirm an experimental Ebola vaccine is highly effective, a major milestone that could help prevent the spread of outbreaks like the one that killed thousands in West Africa. Scientists have struggled to develop an Ebola vaccine over the years, and this is the first one proven to work. Efforts were ramped up after the infectious disease caused a major outbreak, beginning in 2013 in Guinea and spreading to Liberia and Sierra Leone. About 11,300 people died. The World Health Organization, which acknowledged shortcomings in its response to the West Africa outbreak, led the study of the vaccine, which was developed by the Canadian government and is now licensed to the U.S.-based Merck & Co. Results were published Thursday. Merck is expected to seek regulatory approval in the U.S. and Europe sometime next year. The experimental vaccine was given to about 5,800 people last year in Guinea, as the virus was waning. All had some contact with a new Ebola patient...

SANTA FE, N.M. –  The New Mexico Department of Health says dozens of its employees became sick after its holiday party. The New Mexican reports that about 70 staff members say they had gastrointestinal issues after the luncheon last week. A spokesman says more than 200 employees attended the catered luncheon at the Harold Runnels Building in Santa Fe. Health Secretary Lynn Gallgher said Monday that investigators have not identified a specific contaminated food. She told her staff that the outbreak appears likely to have been caused by bacillus cereus or clostridium perfingens. Both can cause food-borne illness. Epidemiologists are awaiting the results of laboratory test.

In order to raise awareness and help you catch the disease early on, here are some symptoms in each stage of the diesease to watch for. Stage one The signs of HIV infection may not present themselves for years and possibly decades in some, but most people will experience flu-like symptoms 2-4 weeks after infection. Headaches, fever, tiredness, swollen lymph nodes, joint pain and a possible rash are all signs of the HIV virus. These are also common symptoms for the normal flu, so if there is any possibility you’ve been infected and these symptoms show up, it’s best to be tested for HIV AIDS and start treatment as soon as possible. Stage two After the initial flu-like symptoms, which may last for weeks, the virus enters a latent period where no symptoms are detectable. The latent period may last up to a decade if it’s not treated with ART, but with the help of the Antiretrovirals, the latent period can last for three or more decades. Stage three By stage three the HIV virus has ad...

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