News Release

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Update on Patient with exposure to Ebola at the NIH Clinical Center

We are continuing to observe and monitor the person who, following a high-risk exposure while working as a health care worker in Sierra Leone, was transported back to the United States in isolation via a chartered aircraft and admitted to the NIH Special Clinical Studies Unit. To date, this person has not tested positive for Ebola virus disease.

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About the National Institutes of Health (NIH): NIH, the nation's medical research agency, includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIH is the primary federal agency conducting and supporting basic, clinical, and translational medical research, and is investigating the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit www.nih.gov.

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