Ebola vaccine gives 100% protection, study finds

An experimental vaccine against the Ebola virus was found to be 100% effective, according to a study published in The Lancet on Thursday.

The results offer hope of better protection against the disease that ravaged West Africa in 2014, killing more than 11,000 people…

Initially, only people over the age of 18 were offered the vaccine and the participants receiving them were randomized.

But the process was stopped after initial results in order to get the vaccine to everyone in need of it.

The trial involved more than 11,000 people, according to the WHO who led the trial in conjunction with Guinea’s Ministry of Health.