Nina Pham’s journey from nurse to Ebola patient

Staffers from Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital say farewell to Nina Pham as she is taken by ambulance to the airport for transport to a National Institutes of Health hospital in Maryland. (Tony Gutierrez / Associated Press)

Oct. 17, 2014 4:22 PM PT

Nina Pham, 26, became the first person infected with Ebola on U.S. soil while caring for Thomas Eric Duncan at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas. Duncan died of the disease Oct. 8. A second nurse from the hospital, Amber Vinson, is also being treated for Ebola.

An ambulance with nurse Nina Pham aboard leaves Frederick Municipal Airport on Thursday night in Frederick, Md. Pham was diagnosed with the Ebola virus after caring for Thomas Eric Duncan before he died of the same virus. (Patrick Semansky / Associated Press)

Well-wishers wait to see a convoy carrying nurse Nina Pham after she arrived in Maryland on Thursday night for treatment at a National Institutes of Health Hospital in Bethesda. (Patrick Semansky / Associated Press)