CDC chief: Can't rely on drugs, vaccines to stop Ebola
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
While there may be great hope in the experimental Ebola drugs and vaccines currently in development – with at least one investigational medicine, ZMapp, potentially showing success in some patients – the head of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on 2 September said those products can't be relied on now to contain the rapidly spreading epidemic in West Africa.