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Oxford Launches Human Trial As Ebola Outbreak Expands

Scientists race to contain the Bundibugyo strain while the outbreak reaches new regions in eastern Congo

Published on July 13, 2026


Oxford Launches Human Trial As Ebola Outbreak Expands
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As the Ebola outbreak continues to spread across the Democratic Republic of the Congo and reaches new provinces, researchers at the University of Oxford have launched the first human clinical trial of a vaccine designed specifically against the Bundibugyo strain. The initiative marks one of the fastest scientific responses ever mounted against this particular form of the virus.

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