U.S. reaches contract for development of experimental ZMapp drug . FDA gives green light for Ebola vaccine human safety trial to begin . TL;DR The first patient in the United States with Ebola, Thomas Eric Duncan, was diagnosed on Sept. 25. Vaccine will be given to 20 healthy volunteers at the NIH in Maryland .
U.S. reaches contract for development of experimental ZMapp drug . FDA gives green light for Ebola vaccine human safety trial to begin . This will be the first test of this type of Ebola vaccine in humans . Vaccine will be given to 20 healthy volunteers at the NIH in Maryland .