--- title: Ebola: Kaci Hickox to Leave Maine Town After Quarantine description: “We’re going to try to get our lives back on track” canonical: https://time.com/3575719/ebola-kaci-hickox-maine/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-11-10T12:48:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T11:19:52.903Z article:section: Health og:title: Ebola: Kaci Hickox to Leave Maine Town After Quarantine og:description: “We’re going to try to get our lives back on track” og:url: https://time.com/3575719/ebola-kaci-hickox-maine/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt51f6262610ba27df/698767e435ba6fc18ec053bc/kaci-hickox-ebola.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Kaci Hickox Ebola Nurse og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ebola: Kaci Hickox to Leave Maine Town After Quarantine twitter:description: “We’re going to try to get our lives back on track” twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt51f6262610ba27df/698767e435ba6fc18ec053bc/kaci-hickox-ebola.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ebola Nurse Set to Leave Maine Town After Quarantine Fight by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Nov 10, 2014 12:48 PM UTC  Nurse Kaci Hickox (L) joined by her boyfriend Ted Wilbur, speaks with the media outside of their home in Fort Kent, Maine on Oct. 31, 2014. Nurse Kaci Hickox (L) joined by her boyfriend Ted Wilbur, speaks with the media outside of their home in Fort Kent, Maine on Oct. 31, 2014.Joel Page—Reuters by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Nov 10, 2014 12:48 PM UTC The nurse who clashed with Maine authorities over an Ebola quarantine [said she plans to leave](http://edition.cnn.com/2014/11/09/health/ebola-nurse/index.html?hpt=hp%5Ft3) the town where she lives soon after the virus’ 21-day incubation period ends on Monday. “We are going to southern Maine and will decide what’s next from there,” Kaci Hickox told [CNN](http://edition.cnn.com/2014/11/09/health/ebola-nurse/index.html?hpt=hp%5Ft3) on Sunday. Hickox tested negative for Ebola after traveling to West Africa to treat those battling the deadly virus, but officials in both Maine and New Jersey responding to public fear of the virus still wanted to place in quarantine. Hickcox eventually won a legal fight against Maine over the quarantine. “We’re going to try to get our lives back on track,” her boyfriend Ted Wilbur told the [Portland _Press Herald_](http://www.pressherald.com/2014/11/07/kaci-hickox-boyfriend-leaving-maine-after-ebola-quarantine/). \[[_CNN_](http://edition.cnn.com/2014/11/09/health/ebola-nurse/index.html?hpt=hp%5Ft3)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3575719/ebola-kaci-hickox-maine/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3575719/ebola-kaci-hickox-maine/"},"headline":"Ebola Nurse Set to Leave Maine Town After Quarantine Fight","datePublished":"2014-11-10T12:48:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:19:52.903Z","description":"“We’re going to try to get our lives back on track”","url":"https://time.com/3575719/ebola-kaci-hickox-maine/","keywords":["ebola","Maine","Infectious Disease"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt51f6262610ba27df/698767e435ba6fc18ec053bc/kaci-hickox-ebola.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt51f6262610ba27df/698767e435ba6fc18ec053bc/kaci-hickox-ebola.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Kaci Hickox Ebola Nurse","caption":"Kaci Hickox Ebola Nurse","creditText":"Joel Page—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/ebola/","name":"ebola"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3575719/ebola-kaci-hickox-maine/","name":"Ebola Nurse Set to Leave Maine Town After Quarantine Fight"}}]}] ```