US Airports Step Up Ebola Screening

Western nations are boosting measures to guard against Ebola. In the United States, a New York City airport Saturday became the first in the country to begin a stepped-up screening program to prevent the disease's spread. The John F. Kennedy International Airport began taking the temperatures of passengers arriving from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea as part of the new measures. Travelers will also face questions to determine whether they may have come into contact with an...

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