Texas nurse Amber Vinson released from Emory following Ebola treatment

Amber Vinson, a nurse who fueled Ebola fears by flying to Cleveland after being infected by her dying patient in Dallas, is now virus-free, and was celebrated by her caregivers as courageous and passionate before getting out of the hospital on Tuesday.

Another nurse who was held for days against her will in a medical tent in New Jersey after volunteering in West Africa was in an "undisclosed location" in Maine, objecting to both states' Ebola quarantine rules as overly restrictive.

While world leaders appeal for more doctors and nurses on the front lines of the Ebola epidemic, health care workers in the United States are finding themselves on the defensive.

Lawyers now represent both Amber Vinson, who contracted the virus while caring for a Liberian visitor to Texas, and Kaci Hickox, who is challenging the mandatory quarantines some states have imposed on anyone who has come into contact with Ebola victims.

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Officials with Emory University Hospital released the following statement Tuesday moing:
Bruce Ribner, MD, medical director of Emory's Serious Communicable Disease Unit, will discuss the discharge today of Amber Vinson from the hospital and answer media questions. Amber Vinson will be present and will make a statement, but will not take questions and will not conduct interviews.