Whose research led to the first vaccine against Ebola?

No single person is solely responsible for the Ebola vaccine, but scientists such as Heinz Feldmann were central to the virology and animal-model research that advanced development. The rVSV-ZEBOV vaccine, later marketed as Ervebo, was licensed in 2019. It was first deployed during outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and used in ring vaccination strategies similar to those used for smallpox. The vaccine became an important tool against one of the world’s deadliest viral diseases.