--- description: The CDC says the patient was "low-risk" from the start title: Potential Ebola Case Reported In Miami Tests Negative for Disease image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Health](/section/health/) ## Health Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Infectious Disease](/tag/infectious-disease/) ## Infectious Disease Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Potential Ebola Case in Miami Tests Negative for Disease by [Alexandra Sifferlin](/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 8, 2014 6:17 PM CUT by [Alexandra Sifferlin](/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 8, 2014 6:17 PM CUT A patient [being treated in a Miami-area hospital for possible Ebola](http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/CDC-Potential-Ebola-Case-at-Miami-Hospital-274343711.html?%5Fosource=SocialFlowTwt%5FMIBrand "undefined") has tested negative for the disease. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed in a press conference Monday that a low-risk patient was tested for possible Ebola by a Florida state laboratory response network, and the test came back negative. The CDC will also be testing the specimen for a second confirmation. So far, the only patients with confirmed Ebola to be treated in the United States are three health care workers who were infected with the disease in West Africa and were evacuated back to the U.S. Currently, Dr. Richard A Sacra, a physician working with the aid group SIM USA, [is being treated for Ebola](http://time.com/3273214/ebola-omaha/ "undefined") in a hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. In August, Dr. Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol [survived Ebola](http://time.com/3153434/ebola-atlanta-americans-discharge/ "undefined") while being treated for their disease at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. The CDC says it will disclose further information after it tests the specimen of the Miami patient. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3304323/ebola-miami-negative-test/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3304323/ebola-miami-negative-test/"},"headline":"Potential Ebola Case in Miami Tests Negative for Disease","datePublished":"2014-09-08T18:17:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:03:55.487Z","description":"The CDC says the patient was \"low-risk\" from the start","url":"https://time.com/3304323/ebola-miami-negative-test/","keywords":["Infectious Disease","Miami","CDC","Florida","ebola","Ebola outbreak"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alexandra Sifferlin","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/infectious-disease/","name":"Infectious Disease"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3304323/ebola-miami-negative-test/","name":"Potential Ebola Case in Miami Tests Negative for Disease"}}]}] ```