--- title: American Ebola Patients Arrive in Nebraska For Treatment description: Four Americans who recently returned from Sierra Leone are being monitored for Ebola at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. canonical: https://time.com/3745332/americans-nebraska-ebola/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-03-15T21:20:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T05:10:21.338Z article:section: Health og:title: Americans Under Ebola Observation in Nebraska og:description: The four recently returned from Sierra Leone currently show no symptoms og:url: https://time.com/3745332/americans-nebraska-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: Americans Under Ebola Observation in Nebraska twitter:description: The four recently returned from Sierra Leone currently show no symptoms twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # 4 Americans Arrive for Ebola Monitoring in Nebraska ## Video: Released Ebola Patient: "I Am Thrilled To Be Alive" [Watch (HLS stream): Released Ebola Patient: "I Am Thrilled To Be Alive"](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/DuUSU7R7.m3u8) (0:43)  _Published 2014-08-22. Dr. Kent Brantly Released From Hospital_  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Mar 15, 2015 9:20 PM UTC  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Mar 15, 2015 9:20 PM UTC Four Americans who recently returned from Sierra Leone are being monitored for the Ebola virus at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, the hospital announced Saturday. > [](https://twitter.com/NebraskaMed/status/576833097167171584) The patients — who may have been exposed to the disease but currently show no symptoms — will be monitored for 21 days, the maximum Ebola incubation period, [Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/15/us-health-ebola-usa-idUSKBN0MB0UR20150315) reported. An American health care worker who tested positive for Ebola was [transported](http://time.com/3744329/ebola-health-worker-serious-condition/) to the National Institutes of Health in Maryland last week and was said to be in serious condition. There have been more than 10,000 Ebola deaths during the current outbreak, primarily in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3745332/americans-nebraska-ebola/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3745332/americans-nebraska-ebola/"},"headline":"4 Americans Arrive for Ebola Monitoring in Nebraska","datePublished":"2015-03-15T21:20:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:10:21.338Z","description":"Currently show no symptoms","url":"https://time.com/3745332/americans-nebraska-ebola/","keywords":["ebola"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"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/3745332/americans-nebraska-ebola/","name":"4 Americans Arrive for Ebola Monitoring in Nebraska"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Released Ebola Patient: \"I Am Thrilled To Be Alive\"","description":"Dr. Kent Brantly Released From Hospital","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/DuUSU7R7/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-08-22T15:32:14.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/DuUSU7R7.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3745332/americans-nebraska-ebola/","duration":"PT43S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3745332/americans-nebraska-ebola/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```