--- 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: 2026-08-04T07:59:41.140Z 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 > Sponsored content. 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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. 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