First Case of Ebola is Diagnosed in the U.S.
![Dr. Edward Goodman (left) epidemiologist at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, takes a question from a reporter as Dr. Mark Lester looks on during a news conference about their patient infected with the Ebola virus. The patient is the first person in the U.S. diagnosed with Ebola, in Dallas, Texas, Sept. 30, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/A12CDE62-267B-481D-A948-A3E68E12EFFE_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Dr. Edward Goodman (left) epidemiologist at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, takes a question from a reporter as Dr. Mark Lester looks on during a news conference about their patient infected with the Ebola virus. The patient is the first person in the U.S. diagnosed with Ebola, in Dallas, Texas, Sept. 30, 2014.
![Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Thomas Frieden speaks at the CDC headquarters saying that a patient being treated at a Dallas hospital is the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the U.S., in Atlanta, Georgia, Sept. 30, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/E6269BD9-2072-42AC-BFCD-2365AE2174B8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Thomas Frieden speaks at the CDC headquarters saying that a patient being treated at a Dallas hospital is the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the U.S., in Atlanta, Georgia, Sept. 30, 2014.
![Head of the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Anthony Banbury (left) and Ghanaian Minister of Information Dr. Edward Omane Boamah talk during a press conference on Ebola, in Accra, Ghana, Sept. 30, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/CF953A6E-58E7-4EA4-8BCC-93B9DDEDC37D_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Head of the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Anthony Banbury (left) and Ghanaian Minister of Information Dr. Edward Omane Boamah talk during a press conference on Ebola, in Accra, Ghana, Sept. 30, 2014.
![Axel Addy, Liberian Minister for Commerce and Industry, speaks at a news conference on the impact of Ebola at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva, Sept. 30, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6D345960-3844-479E-AB80-80603F0800C5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Axel Addy, Liberian Minister for Commerce and Industry, speaks at a news conference on the impact of Ebola at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva, Sept. 30, 2014.