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DHS: Enhanced Ebola Screening Begins Saturday At Five U.S. Airports

The federal government is giving more details about enhanced Ebola screening that's being implemented at five U.S. airports.  At a joint Wednesday briefing with the CDC, Department of Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas [[ my-YORK-is ]] said all travelers from Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia will undergo enhanced screenings at airports beginning Saturday.  The screenings will go into affect at Washington Dulles, Newark, JFK, O'Hare and Atlanta-Hartsfield airports.  Mayorkas says the enhanced screenings will include targeted questions to passengers and taking their temperatures with a non-contact thermometer.

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