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Ebola plays up after Texas diagnosis

October 1, 2014 3:26 AM UTC

Post-market traders bid up prices of Ebola plays after the CDC and the Texas Department of State Health Services said a patient in a Texas hospital has been diagnosed with the infection. The agencies said the diagnosis is the first in the U.S.

The patient was placed into isolation at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital after admission Sunday. The patient traveled from Liberia to the U.S. on Sept. 20, but did not exhibit symptoms until Sept. 24. ...