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Maine Ebola Nurse's Boyfriend Leaves College

FORT KENT, Maine - The boyfriend of a Maine nurse who treated Ebola patients and successfully fought a quarantine has withdrawn from the college where he was a senior nursing student.

Officials say Ted Wilbur withdrew Friday from the University of Maine at Fort Kent.

Wilbur says he was forced to stay away from campus because of his girlfriend. But university officials say he voluntarily agreed to stay off campus.

Wilbur's girlfriend, nurse Kaci Hickox, contends she posed no Ebola threat. A judge sided with her, saying she poses no health threat because she's showing no symptoms.

Hickox says she and Wilbur are disappointed in the university and its actions "fueled the flames of confusion and misinformation.''