Officials Await Test Results For Deadly Virus

DALLAS (AP) — Health officials are awaiting test results on a patient at a Dallas hospital who may have Ebola.  

Officials at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital say the patient is being kept in isolation until preliminary results come back Tuesday.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that 12 other people in the U.S. have been tested for Ebola since July 27. Those tests came back negative.

Hospital officials said in a statement that the latest patient's symptoms and recent travel indicated a possible case of Ebola. The virus has killed more than 3,000 people in West Africa and infected a handful of Americans who traveled to that region.

Presbyterian Hospital officials say they're following CDC recommendations to keep doctors, staff and patients safe.