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Ebola companies rise on Texas news

October 2, 2014 2:57 AM UTC

Shares of several Ebola plays settled back Wednesday from double-digit gains in after-hours trading on Tuesday's news the CDC and the Texas Department of State Health Services announced the first U.S. diagnosis of an Ebola infection.

The agencies said a patient in a Texas hospital 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. ...