The Vaccine & New Treatments To Fight The Ebola Virus
Year: 2019
Sadly, we had what is believed to be the worst Ebola Virus breakout ever in this decade. It is thought to have started with a child that was a little over a year old in Guinea. They were infected by a bat in December 2013, and this somehow spread to neighboring nations and reached major capitals by the Summer of 2014. Ebola is dangerous because it not only compromises your immune system but also causes major hemorrhaging and multiple organ failure. Over two years later, according to the CDC, more than 28,600 were infected and 11,325 were dead. The pharmaceutical company Merck then developed a vaccine called Ervebo and saw great success with it during trials in Guinea in 2016. By 2019, numerous nations approved it including the U.S. FDA. Today, we can now cure people with cases of Ebola.