Nurse Amber Joy Vinson Ebola Condition Update News: Declared Ebola-Free and Released From Hospital

Another Dallas nurse, 29-year-old Amber Joy Vinson, has been declared Ebola-free days after she was diagnosed with the deadly virus. Vinson acquired the disease after caring for the very first Ebola patient in the U.S., Thomas Eric Duncan, who later died from the disease.

Amber told reporters after being discharged from the Emory University Hospital in Atlanta on Tuesday that as a nurse and "someone who knows what it is like to be cared for in a life-threatening illness," she is thankful.

"First and foremost I want to thank God. I sincerely believe that with God all things are possible," Amber said. "While the skill and dedication of the doctors, nurses and others who have taken care of me obviously led to my recovery, it was God's love... that gave me the hope and the strength to continue to fight."

She added: "We cannot lose focus on the thousands of families in Africa that continue to labor under the burden of this disease."

Dr. Bruce Ribner, medical director for the Emory University, said he believes that Ebola can be addressed with "rigorous course of treatment and thorough testing."

"I think we have changed the algorithm for how aggressive we are willing to be in how we care for patients with Ebola virus disease," he told reporters.

Ribner reminded the medical community that "nurses are on the front lines 24 hours a day." He added: "We must not let fear get in the way of our primary mission which is caring for patients with serious disease such as Ebola virus infection."

Vinson and co-nurse Nina Pham, 26, have both recovered within two weeks after being diagnosed positive for the virus. Amber is now the fourth patient successfully treated from Ebola by the university.

According to Dr. Ribner, younger patients recover from Ebola much better than older patients.