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NEW YORK TIMES by Sheri Fink and Allan Cowell March 12, 2015
A worker from Partners In Health, the prominent American medical aid organization, and an emergency worker from the British military have been infected with the deadly virus in Sierra Leone, health officials said Thursday.
The Partners In Health worker was the first in that group to be infected since it made an ambitious commitment last fall to help combat Ebola in West Africa, and was the first American health worker in months to get the disease while working in the region. ...
The National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., said in a statement that the American had been ordered flown back to the United States in isolation on a chartered plane, to be admitted on Friday to the N.I.H. hospital in Bethesda. The statement did not identify the worker by name or affiliation, and the person’s precise condition was not known. But other officials in Sierra Leone confirmed the person had been part of a Partners In Health team caring for Ebola patients in the Port Loko district.
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Earlier Thursday, British officials said a Royal Air Force plane left Sierra Leone carrying three British military health workers, of whom one had tested positive for Ebola. The other two were under observation for signs of infection, officials said.
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US Ebola patient in 'serious' condition at NIH
THE HILL by Peter Sullivan March 13, 2015
The American healthcare worker with Ebola is in "serious" condition, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) said Friday.
The worker, who contracted the disease while volunteering in Sierra Leone, arrived at the NIH clinic early Friday morning. Physicians then evaluated the patient and "determined that the patient’s condition is serious," the NIH wrote in a statement.
"The unit staff is trained in strict infection control practices optimized to prevent spread of potentially transmissible agents such as Ebola," it said in a press release. "NIH is taking every precaution to ensure the safety of our patients, NIH staff, and the public."
A total of 10 patients have been treated for Ebola in the U.S. since the outbreak began last year, with the most recent arriving for treatment on Nov. 15.
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http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/235612-ebola-patient-arrives-in-us-for-treatment