From The National Institutes of Health:
“NIH physicians have changed the status of the patient with Ebola virus disease being treated at the NIH Clinical Center from serious to critical condition. No additional details about the patient are being shared at this time.
NIH has no pending admissions of additional individuals with Ebola virus disease or exposed to the Ebola virus.”
Ebola is a virus that causes severe bleeding, organ failure, and can lead to death.
Humans may spread the virus to other humans through contact with bodily fluids such as blood.
Initial symptoms include fever, headache, aches, and chills.
Later, a person may bleed inside the body and from the eyes.
Treatment is supportive hospital care.
