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

Nurse vaccinating someone in Goma

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.

PAMELA TULIZO/getty images

An Ebola vaccine, already deployed against the often deadly disease in an ongoing outbreak in Congo, is the first approved by the U.S.