The United States has its first confirmed case of Ebola, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced today.
According to the Associated Press, a patient arrived at the Dallas hospital on Monday with possible Ebola
symptoms and recent travel history to West Africa. The patient was being kept in isolation until the CDC could confirm the diagnosis.
In early September, four U.S. aid workers treating the outbreak in Africa were diagnosed there, and transported back to the U.S. for treatment after falling ill. This case, however, is the first known in which a citizen fell ill and was diagnosed domestically.