Muscat: Russian scientists have developed a new vaccine candidate that stimulates a strong immune response and provides protection against the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus responsible for the current outbreak in Africa, Denis Logunov, Head of…
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Ebola Death Toll in DR Congo Nears 1,000 as Outbreak Spreads to Displacement Camps
Muscat: The Ebola death toll in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has risen to 967, with confirmed cases reaching 2,423 after 79 new infections were recorded in Ituri and North Kivu provinces, according to the National Institute of Public Health.
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Experimental Vaccine Shows Promise in Halting Pancreatic Cancer Progression in High-Risk Patients
Muscat: An experimental vaccine targeting one of the most common genetic drivers of pancreatic cancer has shown early success in preventing the disease in patients at high risk, researchers have reported.
According to Oman News Agency, the study, pu…