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    Quarantined Nurse with No Ebola Symptoms Cleared to Go Home

    Kaci Hickox, a nurse who treated Ebola patients in West Africa, has been quarantined in New Jersey — even thought she has no symptoms of the disease. Now, she’ll be allowed to return home to Maine where local health officials will be in charge.  Josh Dawsey covers New Jersey for the Wall Street Journal .

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    By Warren Olney • Oct 27, 2014 • 1 min read

    Kaci Hickox, a nurse who treated Ebola patients in West Africa, has been quarantined in New Jersey — even thought she has no symptoms of the disease. Now, she’ll be allowed to return home to Maine where local health officials will be in charge. Josh Dawsey covers New Jersey for the Wall Street Journal.

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    When a Hospital Is a Dangerous Place to Be
    1. 1:20Quarantined Nurse with No Ebola Symptoms Cleared to Go HomeYou’re reading this
    2. 8:04When a Hospital Is a Dangerous Place to Be
    3. 42:49Guerrero Governor Replaced, Students Still Missing
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