Ebola drugs raise ethical dilemmas

As the number of dead in the West African Ebola outbreak nears 1000 many people are calling for the wider production and release of untested medicines that might help patients A precious handful of samples of one such drug called ZMapp appeared to Ebola drugs raise ethical dilemmas

experimental ebola therapies raise ethical questions - usatoday.com two americans with ebola received at least half of the world's supply of a drug that might be able to change the course of the deadly virus some people are asking how to allocate additional doses of this drug and whether it was ethical to give those drugs to

ebola raises fears, ethical questions - bostonglobe.com ebola raises fears ethical questions in liberia parts of the medical system have effectively collapsed some hospitals and clinics have been abandoned while others have become choked with ebola patients the hospitals of monrovia the

who asks: is use of experimental ebola drugs ethical? - ctvnews.ca the world health organization will convene a panel of medical ethicists to debate the use of experimental drugs in the midst of a deadly ebola outbreak the experimental unlicensed medicine given to two us aid workers infected with the virus raises

scarce ebola drugs bring hard ethical choices as outbreak spreads - scmp.com with global anxiety rising on ebola medical ethicists are weighing how best to use a limited supply of experimental drugs that have shown early promise in fighting a disease that's killed almost 1000 people this year the urgency to access the treatments has

who seeks expert advice on the ethics of using experimental ebola drugs - ctvnews.ca toronto on monday experts from around the world will converge by telephone to try to chart a path through a mine field of ethical issues related to the expanding ebola outbreak in west africa the experts ethicists and representatives of the affected

ethical issue: who gets experimental ebola drug? - businessweek.com washington ap — the use of an experimental drug to treat two americans diagnosed with ebola is raising ethical questions about who gets first access to unproven new therapies for the deadly disease but some health experts fear debate over limited

obama group to examine experimental ebola drugs - itv.com the use of experimental drugs to treat the ebola virus will be considered by a working group set up by president barack obama's administration according to a white house official a microscopic view of the ebola virus credit pa the group will consider

experimental ebola drug raises ethical questions on access - nwherald.com the entrance to kentucky bioprocessing is seen aug 5 in owensboro ky kentucky bioprocessing has the ability to be a supplier of zmapp a drug aimed at boosting the immune system's efforts to fight off ebola and is made from antibodies produced by lab

who gets experimental ebola drug? - gulfnews.com washington the use of an experimental drug to treat two americans diagnosed with ebola is raising ethical questions about who gets first access to unproven new therapies for the deadly disease but some health experts fear debate over extremely limited

spanish missionary priest gets experimental ebola drug, sparking ethical ... - huffingtonpost.com an ambulance transporting miguel pajares a spanish priest who was infected with the ebola virus while working in liberia leaves the military air base of torrejon de ardoz near madrid spain thursday aug 7 2014 pajares confirmed as the first spaniard

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