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Under the old rules, the CDC's authority was primarily limited to detaining travelers entering the U.S. or crossing state lines. With the new rules, the CDC would be able to detain people anywhere in the country, without getting approval from state and lo

CDC Seeks Controversial New Quarantine Powers To Stop Outbreaks

7:53am February 02, 2017

by Rob Stein

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wants more flexibility in deciding whom to quarantine and why. But critics say the changes the agency has proposed raise civil liberties questions.

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Back in Seattle after six weeks of Ebola duty in West Africa, Karin Huster was told by the health department that she might want to send away her two cats during her quarantine — "just in case." The cats didn't go anywhere.

Time's 'Person Of The Year' Is Feeling Kind Of Lost

8:06am February 10, 2015

by Karin Huster

A newly returned "Ebola fighter" tells why she didn't feel like a hero when she got back. Instead, she felt lost, beset by Ebola dreams and virtually imprisoned in her own home.

Last fall's state-ordered quarantine of nurse Kaci Hickox (shown here with her boyfriend, Theodore Michael Wilbur, in late October) started at the airport in Newark, N.J., then followed her home to Fort Kent, Maine. Hickox treated Ebola patients in Africa

Ebola Aid Workers Still Avoiding New York And New Jersey

10:40am January 01, 2015

by Joel Rose

It's been months since a nurse who treated Ebola patients in Africa was quarantined by New Jersey's governor upon arrival at Newark airport. But a legacy of confusion about state travel rules remains.

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In New York, Video Chat Trumps Quarantine To Combat TB

7:21pm December 05, 2014

by Fred Mogul

Ebola isn't the first dangerous microbe to spur calls for quarantine in American cities. But as New York City's experience with drug-resistant tuberculosis suggests, isolation isn't always best.

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Ebola Researchers Banned From Medical Meeting In New Orleans

12:45pm October 31, 2014

by Jason Beaubien

One of the top scientific conferences on tropical diseases will take place without the people who have the most recent and direct experience with Ebola in West Africa.

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A protester outside the White House demands a halt to all flights to the United States from West Africa.

Why It's OK To Worry About Ebola, And What's Truly Scary

10:19am October 31, 2014

by Nancy Shute

Public health officials are telling us not to freak out about Ebola in the United States. But fear is what motivates people to protect themselves from danger. When should we worry?

Awful Moments In Quarantine History: Remember Typhoid Mary?

10:08am October 31, 2014

by Eleanor Klibanoff

Quarantines have been imposed on the sick and contagious for thousands of years. We look at the use — and abuse — of this strategy to stop the spread of disease.

An Ebola health alert is displayed at the entrance to Bellevue Hospital in New York City, where Dr. Craig Spencer was quarantined after showing symptoms consistent with the virus.

American Volunteers In Liberia Are Anti-Quarantine

5:03pm October 28, 2014

by Michaeleen Doucleff

They fear that the threat of isolating a returning health worker for 21 days will cause a drop in the number of volunteers at a time when more medical staff is needed to quash the outbreak.

Medical Journal To Governors: You're Wrong About Ebola Quarantine

12:13pm October 28, 2014

by Jason Beaubien

Govs. Chris Christie and Andrew Cuomo have called for mandatory quarantine for "high risk" individuals returning from Ebola-stricken countries. The New England Journal of Medicine begs to differ.

New York, New Jersey Will Quarantine All Travelers With Ebola Contact

6:51pm October 24, 2014

by Chris Hopkins

The announcement follows the positive Ebola test that came back Thursday night for Dr. Craig Spencer, who recently had returned to New York City after a stint with Doctors Without Borders in Guinea.