--- title: Ebola Patient En Route to U.S. for Treatment description: The State Department is working to evacuate another canonical: https://time.com/3074117/ebola-patient-emory-liberia-kent-brantly/ author: Nolan Feeney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-02T15:05:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:00:59.181Z article:section: Health og:title: Ebola Patient En Route to U.S. for Treatment og:description: The State Department is working to evacuate another og:url: https://time.com/3074117/ebola-patient-emory-liberia-kent-brantly/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9c7407df262396fa/69869e3a06f2c16d643302cc/h_51504975.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1500 og:image:height: 844 og:image:alt: American Ebola patient returns to US from Liberia og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ebola Patient En Route to U.S. for Treatment twitter:description: The State Department is working to evacuate another twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9c7407df262396fa/69869e3a06f2c16d643302cc/h_51504975.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ebola Patient Arrives in U.S. for Treatment ## Video: Ebola: The Deadly Virus Outbreak Explained [Watch (HLS stream): Ebola: The Deadly Virus Outbreak Explained](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/oB7TO3G5.m3u8) (1:36)  _Published 2014-07-29. A look at the numbers behind the largest ebola outbreak on record, which has killed 670 people thus far._  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Aug 2, 2014 3:05 PM UTC  An ambulance transporting Dr. Kent Brantly, who is infected with the Ebola virus, arrives at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, Aug. 2, 2014. An ambulance transporting Dr. Kent Brantly, who is infected with the Ebola virus, arrives at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, Aug. 2, 2014.Erik S. Lesser—EPA  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Aug 2, 2014 3:05 PM UTC _Updated 12:22 p.m. ET_ An American doctor who contracted the deadly Ebola virus while working with a charity in Liberia [has arrived in the U.S.](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/us-aid-workers-headed-atlanta-ebola-care-0) for treatment, a United States Air Force spokesman said Saturday. Dr. Kent Brantly, the first Ebola patient to be transported to the U.S., arrived at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta shortly after landing, the Associated Press reports. Brantly is in serious condition. Emory and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have designed an isolation unit to treat Brantly, whose plane was also specially modified for his condition. The State Department is currently trying to evacuate another American Ebola patient in Liberia, Nancy Writebol, a missionary who is in stable condition, according to the Christian organization that works with her. The recent outbreak of Ebola in West Africa has infected more than 1,300 people and killed 729, the CDC reports. \[[_AP_](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/us-aid-workers-headed-atlanta-ebola-care-0)_/_[_NBC_](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ebola-virus-outbreak/ebola-patient-dr-kent-brantly-flight-liberia-atlanta-n171176)[\]](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ebola-virus-outbreak/ebola-patient-dr-kent-brantly-flight-liberia-atlanta-n171176) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3074117/ebola-patient-emory-liberia-kent-brantly/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3074117/ebola-patient-emory-liberia-kent-brantly/"},"headline":"Ebola Patient Arrives in U.S. for Treatment","datePublished":"2014-08-02T15:05:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T08:00:59.181Z","description":"The State Department is working to evacuate another","url":"https://time.com/3074117/ebola-patient-emory-liberia-kent-brantly/","keywords":["Infectious Disease","ebola"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9c7407df262396fa/69869e3a06f2c16d643302cc/h_51504975.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9c7407df262396fa/69869e3a06f2c16d643302cc/h_51504975.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"American Ebola patient returns to US from Liberia","caption":"American Ebola patient returns to US from Liberia","creditText":"Erik S. 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