--- title: NBC News Freelancer in Africa Diagnosed with Ebola 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... canonical: https://time.com/3458129/nbc-news-freelancer-africa-diagnosed-ebola/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-03T00:45:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T10:34:00.410Z article:section: Health og:title: NBC News Freelancer in Africa Diagnosed with Ebola og: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... og:url: https://time.com/3458129/nbc-news-freelancer-africa-diagnosed-ebola/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: NBC News Freelancer in Africa Diagnosed with Ebola twitter: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... twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # NBC News Freelancer in Africa Diagnosed with Ebola by [NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Oct 3, 2014 12:45 AM UTC by [NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Oct 3, 2014 12:45 AM UTC 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) ```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"}}]}] ```