--- title: U.S. Ebola Survivors Suffered Health Problems After Disease description: Ebola survivors in the U.S. have all reported further health problems after surviving the disease, according to new research. canonical: https://time.com/4154245/ebola-survivors-health-problems/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-17T23:22:30.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T13:28:50.739Z article:section: Health og:title: U.S. Ebola Survivors Suffered Health Problems After Disease og:description: Only one said their post-Ebola health issues had been resolved completely og:url: https://time.com/4154245/ebola-survivors-health-problems/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf3b7bd43e2adb168/698875fa5f570f6138b1ee2b/ebola-virus-health-problems.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Ebola virus health problems og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: U.S. Ebola Survivors Suffered Health Problems After Disease twitter:description: Only one said their post-Ebola health issues had been resolved completely twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf3b7bd43e2adb168/698875fa5f570f6138b1ee2b/ebola-virus-health-problems.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # U.S. Ebola Survivors Suffered Health Problems After Disease  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Dec 17, 2015 11:22 PM UTC  Ebola EbolaCenters for Disease Control—Getty Images/Science Faction  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Dec 17, 2015 11:22 PM UTC Ebola survivors in the United States have all reported further health problems after surviving the disease, including hearing loss, lethargy and depression, new research shows. To get their results, researchers looked at data from a survey of all eight survivors of Ebola who were treated in U.S. facilities. The [study](http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc1506576?query=TOC), published in the _New England Journal of Medicine_, shows that joint pain, fatigue, hair loss were some of the most common health problems reported. Six of the eight survivors said they returned to daily activities after leaving the hospital, but only one said their post-Ebola health issues had been resolved completely. “For patients who survived Ebola virus disease, the story does not end with their discharge from an Ebola treatment unit in West Africa or a hospital in the U.S.,” Timothy Uyeki, senior author of the study, [told ](http://www.livescience.com/53123-ebola-survivors-complications.html?cmpid=514646%5F20151217%5F56450396&adbid=677493226819883009&adbpl=tw&adbpr=172873571)[_LiveScience_](http://www.livescience.com/53123-ebola-survivors-complications.html?cmpid=514646%5F20151217%5F56450396&adbid=677493226819883009&adbpl=tw&adbpr=172873571)_._ “\[The report\] reinforces the importance of monitoring and follow-up of survivors of Ebola virus disease in the U.S. and worldwide to address their medical management and mental health.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4154245/ebola-survivors-health-problems/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4154245/ebola-survivors-health-problems/"},"headline":"U.S. Ebola Survivors Suffered Health Problems After Disease","datePublished":"2015-12-17T23:22:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:28:50.739Z","description":"Only one said their post-Ebola health issues had been resolved completely","url":"https://time.com/4154245/ebola-survivors-health-problems/","keywords":["Infectious Disease"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf3b7bd43e2adb168/698875fa5f570f6138b1ee2b/ebola-virus-health-problems.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf3b7bd43e2adb168/698875fa5f570f6138b1ee2b/ebola-virus-health-problems.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Ebola virus health problems","caption":"Ebola virus health problems","creditText":"Centers for Disease Control—Getty Images/Science Faction","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/4154245/ebola-survivors-health-problems/","name":"U.S. Ebola Survivors Suffered Health Problems After Disease"}}]}] ```