--- description: An American freelance cameraman working for NBC News in Liberia has tested positive for Ebola and will be flown back to the United States for... title: NBC News Freelancer in Africa Diagnosed with Ebola 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 * [ebola](/tag/ebola/) ## ebola Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # NBC News Freelancer in Africa Diagnosed with Ebola by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 3, 2014 12:45 AM CUT by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 3, 2014 12:45 AM CUT An American freelance cameraman working for NBC News in Liberia has tested positive for Ebola and will be flown back to the United States for treatment. The infected freelancer was hired Tuesday to be a second cameraman for NBC News Chief Medical Editor and Correspondent Dr. Nancy Snyderman. Snyderman is with three other NBC News employees on assignment in Monrovia, reporting on the Ebola outbreak. The freelancer came down with symptoms on Wednesday, feeling tired and achy. As part of a routine temperature check, he discovered he was running a slight fever… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ebola-virus-outbreak/nbc-news-freelancer-africa-diagnosed-ebola-n217271 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3458129/nbc-news-freelancer-africa-diagnosed-ebola/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3458129/nbc-news-freelancer-africa-diagnosed-ebola/"},"headline":"NBC News Freelancer in Africa Diagnosed with Ebola","datePublished":"2014-10-03T00:45:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:34:00.410Z","description":"An American freelance cameraman working for NBC News in Liberia has tested positive for Ebola and will be flown back to the United States for...","url":"https://time.com/3458129/nbc-news-freelancer-africa-diagnosed-ebola/","keywords":["ebola","Infectious Disease"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"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/ebola/","name":"ebola"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3458129/nbc-news-freelancer-africa-diagnosed-ebola/","name":"NBC News Freelancer in Africa Diagnosed with Ebola"}}]}] ```