With Doctor's Release, There Are No Ebola Patients In The U.S.
As officials prepare to testify before Congress, the CDC says more cases are likely as long as the disease keeps spreading in Africa.
Dr. Craig Spencer (R) receives a hug from head physician Dr.Laura Evans at a news conference November 11, 2014 at Bellevue Hospital in New York.
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In the end, public health officials turned out to be right. The U.S. can stop Ebola in its tracks.
After the release from the hospital yesterday of the country’s last confirmed Ebola patient, Craig Spencer, the U.S. is free of the disease for the first time since early September. While there were missteps along the way, the virus hasn’t been the U.S. public health disaster that many feared.