CDC Confirms First Case of Ebola Diagnosed in US

The first case of the deadly Ebola virus in the United States has been diagnosed, confirmed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday. The patient is a man who became infected in Liberia and traveled to Texas, where he was hospitalized with symptoms that were confirmed to be caused by Ebola, a CDC spokesman told AFP. The disease caused by Ebola virus also known as Ebola hemorrhagic fever, gets its name from Ebola River flowing near a village in ...