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New York Mayor Bill de Blasio walks with Dr. Craig Spencer, at right, as he is discharged from Bellevue Hospital after being declared free of the Ebola virus on November 11, 2014.

After surviving Ebola, Craig Spencer still feels 'violated' by America's needless panic

February 2, 2015
Medicine

Craig Spencer set off a panic in New York City when he was diagnosed with Ebola last October, accused of reckless behavior by politicians and the media. Now recovered Spencer speaks out against the hysteria that followed his diagnosis in an exclusive interview with WNYC.

After surviving Ebola, Craig Spencer still feels 'violated' by America's needless panic
Residents who were in an Ebola quarantine area complain to a security officer as they wait for their relatives to bring them food and essentials, in West Point, Monrovia, on August 23, 2014.

It's not just the US — Liberian officials are rethinking Ebola quarantines

October 31, 2014
Health
It's not just the US — Liberian officials are rethinking Ebola quarantines

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