One glimmer of hope in the Ebola response:
Within hours of the outbreak in DRC being declared, researchers convened to prepare drug trials.
A lot has changed on that front since the Ebola outbreak in West Africa a decade ago. But huge challenges remain 🧪
My story in @science.org (🧵 to come)
Past outbreaks spawned clever strategies for testing antivirals and antibodies, but researchers will still face major challenges on the ground