# As Ebola spreads, Canadian scientists work on a vaccine

An episode of [The Current](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/151487761), 22 Oct 2026, 20 min.

Audio: https://mgln.ai/e/12/cbc.mc.tritondigital.com/CBC_CURRENT_P/media/current/current-7VsPNbFq-20261022.mp3

Nigeria has recorded its first case of Ebola in more than a decade, becoming the latest country in Africa battling the world’s second-largest outbreak of the virus. We hear from Heather Kerr, Country Director for the International Rescue Committee in the Democratic Republic of Congo, about the challenges of containing the virus. Dr Scott Halperin and Cindy Michaluk talk about the first human clinical trial of a new Ebola vaccine that’s underway in Halifax.

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