The United States government has begun the first clinical testing of an experimental vaccine designed to guard against Zika virus. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases made the announcement earlier this week. The experimental vaccine has already been tested in animals. Anthony Fauci, the institutes director, said on Wednesday that investigators should know soon whether the vaccine is safe for use in human beings. He said the first human tests involve 40 human volunteers in the U.S. If we get a good immune response and there are no safety red flags by the end of December 2016, we should know if its okay to move on to phase II. He said the second phase could begin early next year. Those trials will be larger studies, involving more volunteers. They would be performed in countries where Zika has spread. There, researchers would look not only at the safety of the experimental vaccine, but its effectiveness in fighting infection.
Title: Experimental Zika Vaccine Clinical Testing Begins
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1258/zika_virus.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Experimental Zika Vaccine Clinical Testing Begins' data-article-id='1766'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='13479'>The United States government has begun the first clinical testing of an experimental vaccine designed to guard against Zika virus.</span> <span data-start-time='13479' data-end-time='22229'>The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases made the announcement earlier this week.</span> <span data-start-time='22229' data-end-time='28396'>The experimental vaccine has already been tested in animals.</span> <span data-start-time='28396' data-end-time='41708'>Anthony Fauci, the institutes director, said on Wednesday that investigators should know soon whether the vaccine is safe for use in human beings.</span> <span data-start-time='41708' data-end-time='50229'>He said the first human tests involve 40 human volunteers in the U.S.</span> <span data-start-time='50229' data-end-time='64688'>If we get a good immune response and there are no safety red flags by the end of December 2016, we should know if its okay to move on to phase II.</span> <span data-start-time='64688' data-end-time='70354'>He said the second phase could begin early next year.</span> <span data-start-time='70354' data-end-time='76667'>Those trials will be larger studies, involving more volunteers.</span> <span data-start-time='76667' data-end-time='81521'>They would be performed in countries where Zika has spread.</span> <span data-start-time='81521' data-end-time='92625'>There, researchers would look not only at the safety of the experimental vaccine, but its effectiveness in fighting infection.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1258/zika_virus.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=6874 data-hint-location='50229' style='display:none;'><div class='question' 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