--- title: CDC: Ebola Test Negative for Mount Sinai Hospital Patient description: The patient is reportedly in stable condition canonical: https://time.com/3087814/cdc-new-york-patient-does-not-have-ebola-virus/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-07T01:29:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T09:32:37.856Z article:section: Health og:title: CDC: Ebola Test Negative for Mount Sinai Hospital Patient og:description: The patient is reportedly in stable condition og:url: https://time.com/3087814/cdc-new-york-patient-does-not-have-ebola-virus/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt97ac10615a90daf0/69869eaa810bbbfdd3c92eb8/mount_sinai.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3500 og:image:height: 1969 og:image:alt: Signage hangs outside Mount Sinai Hospital on August 4, 2014 in New York City. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: CDC: Ebola Test Negative for Mount Sinai Hospital Patient twitter:description: The patient is reportedly in stable condition twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt97ac10615a90daf0/69869eaa810bbbfdd3c92eb8/mount_sinai.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # CDC: New York Patient Does Not Have Ebola Virus > Sponsored content. 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Eric Thayer—Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Aug 7, 2014 1:29 AM UTC [Mount Sinai Hospital](http://www.mountsinai.org/) in New York said Wednesday the patient being kept in isolation had not contracted the Ebola virus. In a statement the hospital said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the patient’s tests for the virus had come back negative. “The patient is in stable condition, is improving, and remains in the care of our physicians and nurses,” the statement reads. On Monday, the patient arrived at Mount Sinai Hosptial exhibiting symptoms linked to Ebola including high fever and stomach aches, though the [New York Department of Health did not believe](http://time.com/3080189/ebola-mt-sinai-new-york/) he had contracted the virus. The patient had reportedly traveled to West Africa recently, but officials said he was not at risk. As of Wednesday, according to the CDC, there have been [1070 laboratory confirmed cases](http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/outbreaks/guinea/index.html) of the Ebola virus, which has been found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Nigeria, and Guinea. 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