Ebola

====2014 spread outside West Africa====
{{main|Ebola virus cases in the United States|Ebola virus disease in Spain|Ebola virus disease in the United Kingdom}}
On 19 September, Eric Duncan flew from his native Liberia to Texas; five days later he began showing symptoms and visited a hospital but was sent home. His condition worsened and he returned to the hospital on 28 September, where he died on 8 October. Health officials confirmed a diagnosis of Ebola on 30 September – the first case in the United States.<ref>{{Cite news | vauthors = Botelho G, Wilson J |date=8 October 2014 |title=Thomas Eric Duncan: First Ebola death in U.S. |publisher=CNN |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/08/health/thomas-eric-duncan-ebola/index.html |url-status=live |access-date=8 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160529040652/http://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/08/health/thomas-eric-duncan-ebola/index.html |archive-date=29 May 2016}}</ref>

In early October, Teresa Romero, a 44-year-old Spanish nurse, contracted Ebola after caring for a priest who had been repatriated from West Africa. This was the first transmission of the virus to occur outside Africa.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Second US Ebola diagnosis 'deeply concerning', admits CDC chief |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/second-us-ebola-diagnosis-deeply-concerning-admits-cdc-chief/ar-BB8UFz0 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014175544/http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/second-us-ebola-diagnosis-deeply-concerning-admits-cdc-chief/ar-BB8UFz0 |archive-date=14 October 2014 |access-date=20 February 2020 |website=[[MSN]]}}archive-url= October 2013</ref> Romero tested negative for the disease on 20 October, suggesting that she may have recovered from Ebola infection.<ref>{{Cite news |date=20 October 2014 |title=Ebola crisis: Tests show Spanish nurse Teresa Romero no longer has the virus |work=ABC News |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-20/spanish-nurse-infected-with-ebola-no-longer-has-virus/5825720 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029201132/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-20/spanish-nurse-infected-with-ebola-no-longer-has-virus/5825720 |archive-date=29 October 2014 }}</ref>

On 12 October, the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC) confirmed that a nurse in Texas, [[Nina Pham]], who had treated Duncan tested positive for the Ebola virus, the first known case of transmission in the United States.<ref name="NYT-20141012-MF">{{Cite news | vauthors = Fernandez M |date=12 October 2014 |title=Texas Health Worker Tests Positive for Ebola |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/13/us/texas-health-worker-tests-positive-for-ebola.html |url-status=live |access-date=12 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012162113/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/13/us/texas-health-worker-tests-positive-for-ebola.html |archive-date=12 October 2014}}</ref> On 15 October, a second Texas health-care worker who had treated Duncan was confirmed to have the virus.<ref name="NBC-ebolaTX" /><ref>{{Cite news |title=Ebola in Texas: Second Health Care Worker Tests Positive |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ebola-virus-outbreak/ebola-texas-second-health-care-worker-tests-positive-n226161 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015211852/http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ebola-virus-outbreak/ebola-texas-second-health-care-worker-tests-positive-n226161 |archive-date=15 October 2014}}</ref> Both of these people recovered.<ref name="CDC-20142411">{{Cite web |date=22 May 2018 |title=Cases of Ebola Diagnosed in the United States |url=https://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/outbreaks/2014-west-africa/united-states-imported-case.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170226055827/https://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/outbreaks/2014-west-africa/united-states-imported-case.html |archive-date=26 February 2017 }}</ref> An unrelated case involved a doctor in New York City, who returned to the United States from Guinea after working with [[Médecins Sans Frontières]] and tested positive for Ebola on 23 October.<ref>{{Cite news | vauthors = Sanchez R, Prokupecz S |date=23 October 2014 |title=N.Y. doctor positive for Ebola had no symptoms until Thursday, officials say |publisher=CNN |url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/23/health/new-york-possible-ebola-case/index.html |url-status=live |access-date=23 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024022702/http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/23/health/new-york-possible-ebola-case/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 |archive-date=24 October 2014 }}</ref> The person recovered and was discharged from [[Bellevue Hospital]] on 11 November.<ref name="CDC-20142411" /> On 24 December 2014, a laboratory in [[Atlanta]], Georgia reported that a technician had been exposed to Ebola.<ref>{{Cite news | vauthors = Sun LH, Achenbach J |date=24 December 2014 |title=CDC reports potential Ebola exposure in Atlanta lab |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/cdc-reports-potential-ebola-exposure-in-atlanta-lab/2014/12/24/f1a9f26c-8b8e-11e4-8ff4-fb93129c9c8b_story.html |url-status=live |access-date=25 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225002131/http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/cdc-reports-potential-ebola-exposure-in-atlanta-lab/2014/12/24/f1a9f26c-8b8e-11e4-8ff4-fb93129c9c8b_story.html |archive-date=25 December 2014}}</ref>

On 29 December 2014, [[Pauline Cafferkey]], a British nurse who had just returned to [[Glasgow]] from Sierra Leone, was diagnosed with Ebola at Glasgow's [[Gartnavel General Hospital]].<ref name="BBC-30628349">{{Cite news |date=29 December 2014 |title=Ebola case confirmed in Glasgow hospital |work=BBC News Online |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-30628349 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229191607/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-30628349 |archive-date=29 December 2014}}</ref> After initial treatment in Glasgow, she was transferred by air to [[RAF Northolt]], then to the specialist [[high-level isolation unit]] at the [[Royal Free Hospital]] in [[London]] for longer-term treatment.<ref name="BBC-30629397">{{Cite news |date=30 December 2014 |title=Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey transferred to London unit |work=BBC News Online |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-30629397 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141230120858/http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-30629397 |archive-date=30 December 2014}}</ref>