{
  "id": 904713,
  "title": "Can a vaccine built for one Ebola virus stop another? The World Health Organization is about to find out",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/can-a-vaccine-built-for-one-ebola-virus-stop-another-the-world-health",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-14T19:20:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-vaccine-built-ebola-virus-world.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended prioritizing the Ervebo vaccine for testing in a clinical trial in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The vaccine was originally developed to protect against Zaire ebolavirus, the species responsible for the devastating West African epidemic just over a decade ago. It was not designed for the Bundibugyo species responsible for the current…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Al-Monitor",
        "title": "Attacks on healthcare in conflict zones averaging more than four a day in 2026, World Health Organization says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/attacks-on-healthcare-in-conflict-zones-averaging-more-than-four-a",
        "published": "2026-08-14T10:46:34.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}