Maine judge rejects quarantine orders for nurse who treated Ebola patients

Maine judge rejects quarantine orders for nurse who treated Ebola patients
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Kaci Hickox, the nurse who returned from treating Ebola patients in West Africa a week ago, and who has been publicly defying calls for her to isolate herself, is now free to come and go as she pleases.

NBC News reports that Judge Charles C. LaVerdiere of state court lifted parts of the ruling he made Thursday night for Hickox to be "monitored for symptoms and [to] let health officials know where she's going."

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Teresa Mull