Dallas Nurse Nina Pham Who Had Ebola Is 'Virus Free'
October 24 2014 - 11:50AM
Dow Jones News
WASHINGTON--Dallas nurse Nina Pham, who fell ill with Ebola
after treating a Liberian patient who died in the U.S., is free
from the virus and will be discharged from the National Institutes
of Health Clinical Center, officials said Friday.
Ms. Pham had been transported from Texas to the Bethesda, Md.,
facility Oct. 16. NIH officials are set to offer more details about
her treatment and recovery at a briefing 11.30 a.m.
Ms. Pham and another nurse contracted the virus at Texas Health
Presbyterian Hospital Dallas while treating Thomas Eric Duncan. Mr.
Duncan, a Liberian native and the first person diagnosed with Ebola
in the U.S., was admitted to the hospital on Sept. 28 and died Oct.
8.
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