Vaccine to arrive in West Africa Friday, 1/23

1. 3 companies have shipped Ebola vaccines to Africa.
2. Small trials of the drugs have been ongoing since December.
3. Larger scale trials will begin in Liberia next week.
4. Trials will begin in Sierra Leone shortly after that.
5. Trials for Ebola treatment drug ZMapp will begin soon as well.
6. The manufacturer of that drug ran out of doses last year.
7. Cases of Ebola have been steadily declining since last Fall.
8. Since December, 2013, over 8.5k people have died.

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