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    Can The New Ebola Vaccine Stop The Latest Outbreak?

    The Democratic Republic of Congo, with a suspected 19 deaths so far from the virus, is turning to an as-yet-unlicensed vaccine with a very promising track record.
    by Nurith Aizenman May 15, 2018 2 minutes
    A woman is vaccinated at a health center in Conakry, Guinea, during the clinical trials of a vaccine against the Ebola virus.

    The Ebola vaccine has been two decades in the making, but it's only now being put to use in the face of a looming crisis.

    The virus has been spreading through a northern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Since at least April there have been 2

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