First Confirmed Case Of Ebola In The United States

Ebola Is in America: Dallas Man Is Diagnosed With Disease AFTER Return From Africa In First Case Found On U.S. Soil. Now In Isolation But He MAY Have Infected Others -- Daily Mail/AP

* An isolated patient inside Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas is sick with Ebola, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said
* CDC Director Tom Frieden said the patient traveled from Liberia to the United States earlier this month and was visiting his family
* The man was reportedly given antibiotics before he was critically ill and admitted two days later
* The misdiagnosis is reportedly being investigated
* Frieden said there was no risk to anyone on the airplane because the patient had no symptoms at the time of the flight
* It is the first Ebola case diagnosed in the United States
* The hospital said in a statement Monday night that the patient's symptoms and travel history suggested the patient has the deadly virus
* The Ebola virus has killed more than 3,000 people across West Africa
* Doctors say risk of infection is low without bodily fluid exchange

Federal health officials on Tuesday confirmed the first case of Ebola diagnosed in the U.S., a male patient who recently traveled from Liberia to Dallas and a sign of the far-reaching impact of the out-of-control epidemic in West Africa.

The unidentified patient was critically ill and has been in isolation at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital since Sunday, officials said.

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