2 American Ebola Patients Discharged; 'No Public Health Threat' to Public

The two American patients diagnosed with Ebola in July have been released from the hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, where they were receiving treatment

After 19 days in isolation in a special unit at the Emory University Hospital, Dr. Kent Brantly, 33, was discharged on Thursday. Nancy Writebol, 59, who had been held with Brantly, was released on Tuesday, which the university revealed on Thursday as well. Both have recovered from the deadly virus.

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"Today is a miraculous day," Brantly, who got infected while working in Liberia for the U.S. aid group Samaritan's Purse on July 23, said during a press conference at the hospital, where he thanked and hugged the medial staff Read more...

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