DALLAS, Texas. — The man diagnosed in Dallas with the first case of Ebola in the United States will be prosecuted by his home country. Liberian officials said they planned to prosecute Thomas Eric Duncan for lying on an
a hospital sent an Ebola patient home, potentially exposing others to the deadly virus. This is the first Ebola case diagnosed in the U.S.. The patient, identified as Thomas Eric Duncan by CBS Dallas station KTVT, was visiting family from his home
Still, authorities continued to stress that only Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola in the United States, had exhibited any symptoms of the disease. “The only person who's had symptoms is Mr. Duncan, who's in the hospital
Thomas Eric Duncan has been identified as the Ebola patient in Dallas, NBC News' Pete Williams has confirmed.
Thomas Eric Duncan left Africa for the United States, by official accounts, a healthy man. But within days after his arrival in Texas, things changed for him, for the worst. So who is Duncan, besides the first person to be