Nurse Defies Ebola Quarantine With Bicycle Jaunt

Kaci Hickox, the nurse who is fighting ebola quarantine orders.

Photograph by Robert F. Bukaty/AP
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Governor Paul LePage said negotiations between nurse Kaci Hickox and Maine officials broke down over the conditions of her Ebola quarantine.

“The Governor will exercise the full extent of his authority allowable by law” to address public health threats posed by traveling health workers, according to a news release today from his office. The statement gave no details, citing confidentiality requirements.