--- title: Amber Vinson's Family Says Ebola No Longer Detectable in Her Body description: “Officials at Emory University Hospital and the Centers for Disease Control are no longer able to detect the virus in her body,” Vinson's family said in a statement canonical: https://time.com/3532738/amber-vinson-ebola-free-family/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-23T01:06:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T10:57:36.072Z article:section: Health og:title: Amber Vinson's Family Says Ebola No Longer Detectable in Her Body og:description: “Officials at Emory University Hospital and the Centers for Disease Control are no longer able to detect the virus in her body,” Vinson's family said in a statement og:url: https://time.com/3532738/amber-vinson-ebola-free-family/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd841d989170f9b5f/698762563c1639027744f39d/amber-vinson.jpeg?branch=production&width=960&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 960 og:image:height: 540 og:image:alt: amber-vinson og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Amber Vinson's Family Says Ebola No Longer Detectable in Her Body twitter:description: “Officials at Emory University Hospital and the Centers for Disease Control are no longer able to detect the virus in her body,” Vinson's family said in a statement twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd841d989170f9b5f/698762563c1639027744f39d/amber-vinson.jpeg?branch=production&width=960&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Amber Vinson's Family Says She's Ebola-Free > Sponsored content. 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Vinson is reportedly still under treatment in the Serious Communicable Diseases Unit, but has been approved for transfer from the isolation unit. Officials at the CDC and Emory University Hospital have not yet confirmed to TIME that Vinson is cleared of the virus, but in a recent image sent to TIME, Vinson can be seen smiling and looking alert. Vinson’s mother Debra Berry said in a statement that she and the family are “ecstatic to receive this latest report on her condition.” “We all know that further treatment will be necessary as Amber continues to regain strength, but these latest developments have truly answered prayers and bring our family one step closer to reuniting with her at home,” Berry said. Vinson, along with Nina Pham, was infected with the deadly virus while caring for the first patient to be diagnosed with Ebola on U.S. soil during the current outbreak. According to the [Dallas _Morning News_](http://thescoopblog.dallasnews.com/2014/10/amber-vinsons-family-says-she-is-ebola-free-but-emory-officials-have-yet-to-confirm-statement.html/), about 108 people in Dallas are being monitored by the CDC for signs of Ebola, though some 66 people have already been cleared. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3532738/amber-vinson-ebola-free-family/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3532738/amber-vinson-ebola-free-family/"},"headline":"Amber Vinson's Family Says She's Ebola-Free","datePublished":"2014-10-23T01:06:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:57:36.072Z","description":"“Officials at Emory University Hospital and the Centers for Disease Control are no longer able to detect the virus in her body,” Vinson's family said in a statement","url":"https://time.com/3532738/amber-vinson-ebola-free-family/","keywords":["Infectious Disease","ebola","Ebola outbreak"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd841d989170f9b5f/698762563c1639027744f39d/amber-vinson.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd841d989170f9b5f/698762563c1639027744f39d/amber-vinson.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"amber-vinson","caption":"Amber Vinson","creditText":"Courtesy of the Vinson family","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/3532738/amber-vinson-ebola-free-family/","name":"Amber Vinson's Family Says She's Ebola-Free"}}]}] ```