The second American Ebola patient arrives in US

The plane carrying the second American Ebola patient landed in Bangor, Maine en route to Atlanta, according to the Associated Press.

Nancy Writebol, who got infected with Ebola while working as a missionary in Liberia with the Christian aid organization Samaritan's Purse, will be treated in an isolation unit at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta.

The plane is expected to arrive in Atlanta around 11 a.m. after refueling in Bangor. Writebol a Charlotte native, is in serious condition, according to Samaritan's Purse.

Want to learn more? Read here about why an Ebola outbreak in the US is unlikely and here about what a worst-case scenario would look like.

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