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.