article_snippet: (CNN)Eight American aid workers who were exposed to Ebola in Sierra Leone have been flown back to the United States where health authorities will watch CNN)Eight American aid workers who were exposed to Ebola in Sierra Leone closely for signs of the disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
article_snippet: None of Partners in Health, a Boston-based aid group is showing symptoms of Ebola, but all had contact with a colleague who's been diagnosed with the disease and is being treated at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.
article_snippet: While in West Africa, the workers "came to the aid of the workers ailing colleague," according to a Partners in Health statement.
article_snippet: As the CDC investigates who else might have had contact with the Ebola patient, more workers might be flown back to the United States, according to Tom Skinner, a spokesman for the CDC.
article_snippet: more workers are being housed near hospitals that specialize in treating Ebola patients, and if more workers show signs of the disease, more workers'll be admitted as patients.
article_snippet: Nurse who contracted Ebola sues hospital company .
article_snippet: Another aid worker was flown to Atlanta over the weekend and is being housed near Emory University Hospital, and three more workers are scheduled to arrive in Atlanta on Monday, according to Nydam.
article_snippet: As in Nebraska, more workers must stay in their housing for 21 days after the date of more workers exposure to Ebola.
article_snippet: The heath care worker with Ebola was in serious condition Friday, the Georgia Department of Public Health said.
article_snippet: the patient is the second with Ebola admitted to the the Georgia Department of Public Health hospital.
article_snippet: Emory, the the Georgia Department of Public Health and Nebraska are three of only four hospitals in the United States that have biocontainment units to deal with a highly infectious disease such as Ebola.
article_snippet: Ebola is spread by direct contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person.