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Watch: Nurse with Ebola posts video from her Dallas hospital room

by Sarah Kliff
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Ebola outbreak: the deadliest in history
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Nina Pham, one of the two Texas nurses infected with Ebola, posted a video late Thursday night from her hospital in Dallas. Pham, who appears to be in good health in the one-minute clip, has since been transferred to the National Institute of Health for her treatment.

In the video, Pham jokes with her co-workers about accompanying her to the NIH (“Come. Come to Maryland,” she says. “Party. Party in Maryland”) and bids them a tearful goodbye (“No crying,” one of her colleagues instructs, as Pham is given a tissue). The best news of the video is that Pham, who was diagnosed with Ebola five days ago, looks healthy.

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