|Ebola makes its way to the U.S| He's considered the first patient outside of Africa to be diagnosed with Ebola and is being treated at a hospital in Dallas, Texas. A release statement from federal and state health officials say the patient traveled from Liberia during the month of September. The patient, Thomas Ducan arrived in the United States September 20. Health Officials are remaining silent and are not releasing any information or details about Ducan. According to Director Dr. Thomas Fridden from Disease Control and Prevention, says that Ducan was visiting relatives who live in the United States, implying that he's not a U.S. citizen himself. “The next steps are basically threefold,” said Frieden. “First, to care for the patient … to provide the most effective care possible as safely as possible to keep to an absolute minimum the likelihood or possibility that anyone would become affected, and second, to maximize the chances that the patient might recover,” said Frieden. “It's only someone who's sick with Ebola who can spread the disease,” said Frieden. “Once those contacts are all identified, they're all monitored for 21 days after exposure to see if they develop a fever.” Health care officials are evaluating different treatment options, including experimental therapies which have been successful in other patients, according to Frieden. The hospital had announced a day earlier that the patient's symptoms and recent travel indicated a case of Ebola, the virus that has killed more than 3,000 people across West Africa and infected a handful of Americans who have traveled to that region. According to the CDC, Ebola symptoms can include fever, muscle pain, vomiting and bleeding, and can appear as long as 21 days after exposure to the virus. It's unclear how the patient became infected, but health officials said he “undoubtedly had close contact with someone who was sick with Ebola or who had died from it.” Photo Cred: Huffington Post - @tmwnetwork #NotTooLatePost #AllThatJAS #JASInfo #JASCollab