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Rebecca Makinson

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Postdoctoral Researcher, Oxford Vaccine Group, University of Oxford

A nurse holds a vial of the Ebola Sudan vaccine during a trial at the Mulago Referral Hospital in Kampala, Uganda in February 2025. Badru Katumba/AFP via Getty Images

June 8, 2026

The hunt for a new Ebola vaccine: two scientists explain the challenges

Teresa Lambe, University of Oxford and Rebecca Makinson, University of Oxford

Vaccine development can be really expensive, and there’s limited commercial return.

An Ebola victim is prepared for burial in the Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of Congo during the ongoing outbreak. EPA

June 4, 2026

Two scientists on their race to make a new Ebola vaccine

Gemma Ware, The Conversation

The Bundibugyo strain of Ebola causing the ongoing outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo currently has no vaccine. The Conversation Weekly podcast speaks to two researchers working to develop one.

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