Texas health care worker tests positive for Ebola
Reuters
2014-10-13
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There's now a second case of Ebola confirmed in the U.S.
State health officials in Texas say the health care worker who cared for the first person diagnosed with the deadly disease has tested positive for Ebola.
Officials say the health care worker at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital reported a low-grade fever Friday night.
The individual was isolated and tested for Ebola. Preliminary results were positive for the virus.
The first person diagnosed with Ebola in the U.S. was Liberian Thomas Eric Duncan.
He died in an isolation ward of the Dallas hospital on Oct. 8, 11 days after being admitted.
There's now a second case of Ebola confirmed in the U.S.
State health officials in Texas say the health care worker who cared for the first person diagnosed with the deadly disease has tested positive for Ebola.
Officials say the health care worker at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital reported a low-grade fever Friday night.
The individual was isolated and tested for Ebola. Preliminary results were positive for the virus.
The first person diagnosed with Ebola in the U.S. was Liberian Thomas Eric Duncan.
He died in an isolation ward of the Dallas hospital on Oct. 8, 11 days after being admitted.
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