In a first, an Ebola vaccine wins approval from the FDA
The drug is crucial to efforts to curb an ongoing outbreak of the deadly disease in Congo
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A nurse vaccinates a man against Ebola in the Congolese city of Goma in July. The vaccine, called Ervebo, has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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