Sunday June 8th, 2025 3:34PM

NYC tries to ease Ebola fear after doctor infected

By The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) -- Mayor Bill de Blasio says a team of disease detectives tracking the movements of a New York City doctor diagnosed with Ebola will soon detail their findings.<br /> <br /> Officials say the experts' findings will be released later Friday.<br /> <br /> Health Commissioner Mary Bassett says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed the city's Ebola diagnosis for Dr. Craig Spencer.<br /> <br /> She says he visited a restaurant, went to a bowling alley and jogged for three miles before being admitted to a hospital Thursday.<br /> <br /> Spencer, who was diagnosed Thursday, is in isolation. He's in stable condition. (See earlier story. First link below.)<br /> <br /> He sought treatment Thursday after measuring a 100.3-degree fever.<br /> <br /> A company that handles Ebola decontamination was sent to Spencer's Harlem home.<br /> <br /> City officials continued to temper fears and urge calm after Spencer's diagnosis. He had been treating people in West Africa.<br /> <br /> Meanwhile, a nurse who caught Ebola while caring for the patient diagnosed in Dallas was released from a hospital Friday, free of the virus, and was to meet later in the day with President Barack Obama at the White House. (See second link below.)
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