Texas health worker becomes first person to contract Ebola in U.S.

File photo of CDC Director Dr. Thomas Frieden speaking at the CDC headquarters in Atlanta

By Lisa Maria Garza DALLAS Texas (Reuters) – A Texas health worker has contracted Ebola after treating a Liberian who died of the disease at a Dallas hospital last week, raising concern about how U.S. medical guidelines aimed at stopping the spread of the disease were breached. Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, where the new case was announced on Sunday, has already faced criticism for its management of the infection. The infected worker, a woman who was not named, is the first person to contract the disease in the United States. …

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