By Lisa Maria Garza and Sharon Begley DALLAS/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The fifth American to contract Ebola in West Africa arrived in the United States for treatment on Monday as the first patient diagnosed with the deadly virus on U.S. soil fought for his life at a Dallas hospital, officials said. A private plane carrying Ashoka Mukpo, a freelance cameraman for NBC News who contracted Ebola in Liberia, landed in Omaha and was taken to the Nebraska Medical Center. The plane was met by an ambulance manned by workers in yellow protective suits, NBC video showed. Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the U. ...
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