Utah People's Post

The Latest News from the Beehive State

Friday, July 1, 2022
Log in
  • National News
    • Female Caseworker Killed & Doctor Shot in Philadelphia
  • State News
    • Car Chase Leads to Drug Arrest
  • Tech & Science
  • Health
    • How to Prepare For Ticks Season
    • Magical Weight Loss Bean Scam
  • Sports
  • Business
You are here: Home / Health / Amber Vinson is Ebola Free, Big Pharma Teams-up To Make Vaccine

Amber Vinson is Ebola Free, Big Pharma Teams-up To Make Vaccine

October 23, 2014 Posted by Staff

amber-vinson

Authorities have confirmed that doctors can no longer detect the Ebola virus in Amber Vinson’s blood samples. Additional tests should be conducted, as doctors usually do several tests in consecutive days so that a false negative result is ruled out, however, both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Emory University Hospital officials confirmed that Ebola was no longer detectable on Tuesday in Vinson’s blood. Until now, it’s unclear how many tests Vinson (the second Texas nurse to be diagnosed with the virus) had.

“We all know that further treatment will be necessary as Amber continues to regain strength, but these latest developments have truly answered prayers and bring our family one step closer to reuniting with her at home,”

Debra Berry, Vinson’s mother said in a statement.

Vinson is still being cared for at the Emory hospital near Atlanta. The hospital declined to release any information about the 29 year old patient, Holly Korschun, hospital spokeswoman said.

She was included in the team of health workers that cared for the Liberian man infected with Ebola, Thomas Eric Duncan, who died after 11 days of treatment at a Dallas hospital. Another nurse, also on the team, who also contracted the virus, is being treated outside Washington. Her condition improved from fair to good.

Health officials are still monitoring the health of 164 Ohio residents believed to have had contact with Vinson, who visited he Akron area between the 10th and the 13th of October. Dr. Mary DiOrio, state epidemiologist, stated during a news conference on Wednesday that the monitoring should be completed on November 4th and mentioned that there had been no symptoms of the disease among the 164 residents.

“Obviously it’s been a stressful time for those being monitored,”

DiOrio said.

In the meantime, hoping to efficiently tackle the Ebola crisis which has taken West Africa by surprise, United States pharma giant Johnson & Johnson has decided to team-up with Britain’s GlaxoSmithKline, hoping that their collaboration will produce a much needed vaccine. By 2015, the pharma companies hope to have produced millions of doses of the vaccine, although GSK has announced that its vaccine would be available limitedly in 2014. J&J must still conduct human trials.

“It might even be that we have to combine their vaccine with ours,”

said Paul Stoffels, J&J head of research.

J&J’s vaccines have already been proven to protect monkeys against the Ebola virus, particularly the Zaire strain, promising to also be effective in humans.

 

 

 

 

Share this:

  • Tweet
  • Share on Tumblr
  • Email

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: amber vinson, Ebola, Ebola crisis, ebola free, ebola infection, ebola us, Ebola virus, gsk, healed, J&J, us patient, vaccine, vaccine production, vinson, vinson ebola, zaire strain

Woman working out at the gym

Just 23% of Americans Are Working Out Enough in Their Spare Time

June 29, 2018 By Amelia Donovan

Poliovirus Therapy Gives Brain Cancer Patients New Hope (Study)

June 29, 2018 By Amelia Donovan

United Airlines airplane

Passenger Mysteriously Dies on United Airlines flight Bound for Boston

June 28, 2018 By Amelia Donovan

Breakfast sandwich

Here Are Some Foods No Nutritionist Would Ever Eat

June 27, 2018 By Amelia Donovan

Poppy flower

UN Warns of Surge in Opium-based Drugs and Cocaine Supply

June 27, 2018 By Amelia Donovan

U.S.-Canada border

French Jogger Detained 2 Weeks for Accidentally Crossing Border

June 26, 2018 By Amelia Donovan

Plus size model

Normalizing Plus Size Could Fuel Obesity Crisis (Study)

June 25, 2018 By Amelia Donovan

Giant manta ray

Unique Manta Ray Nursery Spotted off Texas Coast

June 23, 2018 By Amelia Donovan

The rainbow flag

WHO Scraps Transgenderism from List of Mental Illnesses

June 22, 2018 By Amelia Donovan

456 People Dead at U.K. Hospital after Taking too Many Painkillers

June 21, 2018 By Amelia Donovan

Kenyan girls dancing

Kenyans Facing Poor Nutrition as Supermarket Shopping Is on the Rise

June 20, 2018 By Amelia Donovan

Pages

  • About
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy GDPR
  • Staff
  • Terms and Conditions

Recent Posts

  • Just 23% of Americans Are Working Out Enough in Their Spare Time
  • Poliovirus Therapy Gives Brain Cancer Patients New Hope (Study)
  • Passenger Mysteriously Dies on United Airlines flight Bound for Boston
  • Here Are Some Foods No Nutritionist Would Ever Eat
  • UN Warns of Surge in Opium-based Drugs and Cocaine Supply
  • French Jogger Detained 2 Weeks for Accidentally Crossing Border
  • Normalizing Plus Size Could Fuel Obesity Crisis (Study)

Related Articles

  • Woman working out at the gym

    Just 23% of Americans Are Working Out Enough in Their Spare Time

    Jun 29, 2018
  • Poliovirus Therapy Gives Brain Cancer Patients New Hope (Study)

    Jun 29, 2018
  • Breakfast sandwich

    Here Are Some Foods No Nutritionist Would Ever Eat

    Jun 27, 2018
  • Normalizing Plus Size Could Fuel Obesity Crisis (Study)

    Jun 25, 2018
  • The rainbow flag

    WHO Scraps Transgenderism from List of Mental Illnesses

    Jun 22, 2018
  • 456 People Dead at U.K. Hospital after Taking too Many Painkillers

    Jun 21, 2018
  • Young woman affected by depression

    If You Have PTSD You Were Likely Abused as a Child

    Jun 19, 2018
  • Obese dog on a leash

    Obese Dogs Can Help Us Better Understand How Obesity Works

    Jun 18, 2018
  • Our Brains Are Craving Combinations of Fats and Carbs (Study)

    Jun 15, 2018
  • Hungry bird with beck open

    Scientists Explain Why We Get ‘Hangry’

    Jun 13, 2018

Categories

  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Health
  • National News
  • Nature
  • Provo
  • Salt Lake News
  • Science
  • Sports
  • State News
  • Tech & Science
  • Technology
  • Uncategorized
  • West Jordan
  • West Valley City
  • World

Copyright © 2022 utahpeoplespost.com

About · Privacy Policy · Terms of Use · Site Map · Contact