Pics: Obama meets and hugs first nurse to contract Ebola in the US

Nurse Nina Pham, the first person to have contract Ebola in the US met with president Obama at The White this evening where she received a hug from him

Nina, who contracted Ebola while treating Liberian Thomas Eric Duncan at the Emory hospital in Texas, is now free from the virus after being treated. When Obama heard she'd been cured, he sent word to her asking if he could hug her and she agreed to meet him. Aww...(Photo credit: White House Press)