--- description: The American health care worker with Ebola being treated by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Md. has gone from serious to critical condition, according to the agency. title: American Patient With Ebola in Critical Condition 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 # American Patient With Ebola in Critical Condition by [Alexandra Sifferlin](/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 16, 2015 6:40 PM CUT by [Alexandra Sifferlin](/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 16, 2015 6:40 PM CUT The American health care worker with Ebola who is being treated by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has gone from serious to critical condition, [according to the agency](http://www.nih.gov/news/health/mar2015/nih-16.htm "undefined"). The patient was infected while working Sierra Leone and then was flown to the NIH in Bethesda, Md. for treatment, arriving March 13. The patient is the second to be treated for Ebola by the NIH. Dallas nurse Nina Pham was the first. She survived the disease after being infected by Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person with Ebola to be diagnosed in the U.S. The NIH has not released additional details about the latest patient. Twelve other workers from the NIH patient’s volunteer organization, Partners in Health, are coming to the U.S. for monitoring. One person being monitored in Nebraska was brought to Nebraska Medical Center on Monday after beginning to experience possible Ebola symptoms, the[ Associated Press reports](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US%5FEBOLA%5FAMERICAN%5FPATIENT?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT "undefined"). **MORE:** [American Health Worker With Ebola Heading to U.S. for Treatment](http://time.com/3743299/american-with-ebola/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3746372/american-patient-ebola-critical-condition/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3746372/american-patient-ebola-critical-condition/"},"headline":"American Patient With Ebola in Critical Condition","datePublished":"2015-03-16T18:40:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:11:45.676Z","description":"The patient was working in Sierra Leone","url":"https://time.com/3746372/american-patient-ebola-critical-condition/","keywords":["ebola","Sierra Leone","American","NIH"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alexandra Sifferlin","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/"}],"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/3746372/american-patient-ebola-critical-condition/","name":"American Patient With Ebola in Critical Condition"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Does Insurance Cover Ebola?","description":"Your chances of getting Ebola in the U.S. are very slim. But if you do, who's footing the bill?","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/5Fw6St3x/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-10-24T18:50:15.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/5Fw6St3x.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3746372/american-patient-ebola-critical-condition/","duration":"PT2M17S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3746372/american-patient-ebola-critical-condition/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```