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Nurse's Boyfriend Also Agrees To Voluntary Isolation In Maine

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The boyfriend of nurse Kaci Wilcox, who was quarantined in New Jersey after returning from treating Ebola patients in Sierra Leone, has agreed to also stay in voluntary isolation. This comes after news that he is a nursing student at the University of Maine in Fort Kent caused concern on the campus. The university has taken steps to calm students, as well as educate them about Ebola. Here & Now's Robin Young spoke with Robert Dixon, vice president for academic affairs at the University of Maine in Fort Kent, about how students are reacting and what the administration is doing.

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  • Robert Dixon, vice president for academic affairs at the University of Maine in Fort Kent.

This segment aired on October 28, 2014.

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