America's Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed that a man who flew into Texas from west Africa has tested positive for ebola.
It's the first case to be diagnosed in the United States.
Meanwhile, the Irish Minister for overseas aid is this morning travelling to the Ebola-crippled nation of Sierra Leone, accompanied by the Irish ambassador in the country and a team from Irish Aid.
Doctor Thomas Frieden is the director of the CDC.
He says they're monitoring people who've come into close contact with the infected man:
