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- Nicole Lurie, U.S. executive director, warns the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in the DRC is rapidly growing.
- WHO data show over 7,000 DRC infections since May, about half of them fatal.
- CEPI redirected $100 million to fund Oxford and Moderna Ebola vaccines now in safety trials.
- Efficacy tests for the vaccines are scheduled for this month.
- Vaccinology professor Teresa Lambe warns distrust could block use of any effective vaccines.