Ebola outbreak in Texas officially over

(Washington Post) The place where Ebola first surfaced in the United States is officially clear of the disease, as the last hospital worker being monitored for potential exposure to the virus was declared no longer at risk Friday.

The news marked the end of a nearly six-week saga in Dallas, where Thomas Duncan, a Liberian man who had flown to Texas before showing symptoms of the disease, was diagnosed Sept. 30. He died eight days later at Texas Health Presbyterian Dallas hospital.

Duncan’s case, along with the infection of two nurses who treated him, caused headlines and hysteria over the prospect of a broader Ebola outbreak in the country. It also prompted the Obama administration and state officials to put in place new restrictions for anyone entering the United States from Ebola-stricken countries in West Africa.

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