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FDA approves first-ever vaccine for Ebola prevention

By Caitlin Yilek
Published December 20, 2019 1:59pm ET
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FDA approves first-ever vaccine for Ebola prevention
FILE - In this undated colorized transmission electron micrograph file image made available by the CDC shows an Ebola virus virion. Health authorities are investigating nine suspected cases of Ebola in a remote corner of northern Congo, including two deaths, the country's health minister said Friday May 12, 2017. | (Frederick Murphy/AP)

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the first time approved a vaccine that protects against the deadly Ebola virus.

The vaccine, Ervebo, is for the prevention of Ebola virus disease caused by Zaire ebolavirus in people 18 and older, the agency said Thursday.

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