When it comes to Ebola outbreaks, it's not often we have two pieces of good news in one week. First, we heard there's new funding of up to US$62 million to fast-track the development of vaccine candidates against the type of virus circulating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and neighbouring Uganda. Then, we heard authorities had downgraded the confirmed numbers of Ebola deaths and cases in the region. As of June 2 local time, DRC health authorities reported 344 confirmed cases,