Americans Exposed to Ebola, As Outbreak Declared A “Public Health Emergency"
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🗓️ 18 May 2026
⏱️ 15 minutes
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6 Americans, including a family working for a non-profit in the Democratic Republic of Congo, have been exposed to the deadly Ebola virus. At least three of them faced high risk exposure and one American is currently symptomatic. U.S. officials are now working to medically evacuate the group, but it’s unclear where they will be taken for monitoring and treatment. This, as the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern after the number of suspected cases continues to grow and the death count climbs to nearly 90.”
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:06.1 | Hey there, folks. |
| 0:07.1 | On this Monday, May 18th, Ebola has been declared a public health emergency of international concern. |
| 0:16.3 | And now we're this morning that a number of Americans have been exposed to Ebola. |
| 0:23.0 | And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J. Robes. I say that. And you know what, |
| 0:26.8 | just in saying it out loud, let's just start with that. The Americans we're talking about, |
| 0:30.6 | we should say first and foremost, they ain't here in the U.S. |
| 0:33.3 | Not yet, at least. We don't know where they're being taken, but we do know that now the CDC and |
| 0:39.1 | other American health officials are trying to determine where to put these six Americans who |
| 0:45.7 | were, yes, exposed to Ebola, this deadly strain in Congo. We know that three of them faced |
| 0:53.1 | what health officials are calling high risk contact or |
| 0:57.1 | exposure, and one of them is symptomatic. And let's talk about who we don't know everything here. |
| 1:03.5 | We get it from, I guess, the World Health Organization CDC are the two groups we're getting |
| 1:08.7 | most information from, but there is some reporting from |
| 1:11.5 | the likes of CBS and others. So we want to get you in Washington Post as well. So as much as we've |
| 1:16.9 | been able to collect at this point about the Americans, what do we know? Yes, here's what we know. |
| 1:21.6 | At least part of this group of six was a family. So they say, this is the Washington Post |
| 1:27.1 | reporting this, that some of the Americans who were exposed was a family. So they say, this is the Washington Post reporting this, |
| 1:27.9 | that some of the Americans who were exposed include a family with children. They were working |
| 1:33.8 | apparently for a nonprofit, unfortunately, right there in the middle of this outbreak area. And so |
| 1:40.7 | the CDC has said, yes, we are working with supporting partners, is the term that it was used, |
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