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| Report: CDC has confirmed an Ebola case in Texas | |
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| UPDATE: The Dallas-Fort Worth CBS affiliate is reporting that a patient who was being evaluated for Ebola has tested positive for the virus. According to Reuters, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the case -- the first time Ebola has been diagnosed in the United States. | UPDATE: The Dallas-Fort Worth CBS affiliate is reporting that a patient who was being evaluated for Ebola has tested positive for the virus. According to Reuters, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the case -- the first time Ebola has been diagnosed in the United States. |
| The CDC will host a press conference at its Atlanta headquarters at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Reuters reported. A CDC spokesperson declined to comment to The Washington Post. | |
| CDC confirms Dallas patient has tested positive for Ebola. http://t.co/uolVlAT6kF — CBSDFW (@CBSDFW) September 30, 2014 | CDC confirms Dallas patient has tested positive for Ebola. http://t.co/uolVlAT6kF — CBSDFW (@CBSDFW) September 30, 2014 |
| CDC confirms Dallas patient has tested positive for Ebola. http://t.co/uolVlAT6kF | CDC confirms Dallas patient has tested positive for Ebola. http://t.co/uolVlAT6kF |
| — CBSDFW (@CBSDFW) September 30, 2014 | — CBSDFW (@CBSDFW) September 30, 2014 |
| ORIGINAL POST: A patient admitted by Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas has been placed in strict isolation and is being evaluated for a potential Ebola infection "based on the patient's symptoms and recent travel history," the hospital said in a statement. | ORIGINAL POST: A patient admitted by Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas has been placed in strict isolation and is being evaluated for a potential Ebola infection "based on the patient's symptoms and recent travel history," the hospital said in a statement. |
| The statement did not say what symptoms the patient was displaying, or where the unidentified person had traveled, although the deadliest Ebola outbreak in history is centered in the West African countries of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, where it has killed more than 3,000 people and infected thousands of others. There is a separate outbreak in Congo. | The statement did not say what symptoms the patient was displaying, or where the unidentified person had traveled, although the deadliest Ebola outbreak in history is centered in the West African countries of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, where it has killed more than 3,000 people and infected thousands of others. There is a separate outbreak in Congo. |
| The Dallas hospital said it is "following all federal Centers for Disease Control and Texas Department of Heath recommendations to ensure the safety of patients, hospital staff, volunteers, physicians and visitors." Test results are expected from the CDC on Tuesday, the statement said. | The Dallas hospital said it is "following all federal Centers for Disease Control and Texas Department of Heath recommendations to ensure the safety of patients, hospital staff, volunteers, physicians and visitors." Test results are expected from the CDC on Tuesday, the statement said. |
| Zachary Thompson, director of the Dallas County Health and Human Services Department, told the local CBS affiliate that the patient had been in an area where the Ebola virus exists. | Zachary Thompson, director of the Dallas County Health and Human Services Department, told the local CBS affiliate that the patient had been in an area where the Ebola virus exists. |
| "With what we've seen in the media and how deadly the Ebola virus is, it is a concern," Thompson said. | "With what we've seen in the media and how deadly the Ebola virus is, it is a concern," Thompson said. |
| No Ebola cases have been confirmed in the United States, although several American doctors and aid workers who were infected in West Africa have returned home for treatment. One of them, Richard Sacra, was discharged last week from a Nebraska hospital. | No Ebola cases have been confirmed in the United States, although several American doctors and aid workers who were infected in West Africa have returned home for treatment. One of them, Richard Sacra, was discharged last week from a Nebraska hospital. |
| Days later, the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda admitted an American physician who was exposed to the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone. | Days later, the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda admitted an American physician who was exposed to the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone. |
| Possible Ebola patients who were tested in New York, California, New Mexico and Miami all tested negative for the virus. | Possible Ebola patients who were tested in New York, California, New Mexico and Miami all tested negative for the virus. |