Family of nurse Amber Vinson says she is free of Ebola virus

Family of nurse Amber Vinson says she is free of Ebola virus
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Amber Vinson, the 29-year-old nurse who contracted the Ebola virus while aiding Thomas Eric Duncan in a Dallas hospital, no longer has Ebola, her family said Wednesday.

Hours after Vinson's mother, Debra Berry, spoke with her daughter, the family released a statement, saying, "We are overjoyed to announce that, as of yesterday evening, officials at Emory University Hospital and the Centers for Disease Control [and Prevention] are no longer able to detect virus in her body."

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.