Ebola-Stricken American Doctor Heads to U.S., First-Ever Patient Brought Into the Country

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NEW YORK — An American doctor infected with the Ebola virus is the first person being flown to the United States for treatment, and is expected to arrive Saturday in Atlanta, a missionary group said.

Two seriously ill American aid workers will be treated at Atlanta's Emory University Hospital. Samaritan's Purse missionary group spokesperson Todd Shearer said a plane carrying Dr. Kent Brantly has left West Africa. Brantly works for the group that is paying for the trip.

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The Gulfstream jet outfitted with a special, portable tent designed for transporting patients with highly infectious diseases was due to arrive at Dobbins Air Force Base in Marietta, Georgia, just outside Atlanta. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the private jet can only accommodate one patient at a time. Read more...

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