Cleaning staff wash reusable boots and gloves, disinfect equipment, and maintain common areas at the Ebola treatment center of Rwampara General Reference Hospital in Rwampara, Congo, on June 12, 2026. Jospin Mwisha/AFP via Getty Images
The only American known to contract Ebola in the ongoing outbreak in Africa has returned to the United States.
Dr. Peter Stafford, a medical missionary with the Christian organization Serge who contracted Ebola while caring for patients in Congo in May, arrived in Pennsylvania with his wife, Dr. Rebekah Stafford, and their four children, Serge said on June 15.
