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. A third vaccine , also developed by the NIH , was recently tested in primates and found to protect them from infection ; it was given in combination with Depovax , an adjuvant that has been used with other vaccines and cancer therapies to boost the body 's immune response . 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 . 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 .