Officials consider new steps to screen travelers for Ebola

Name: Officials consider new steps to screen travelers for Ebola
Uploaded: 2014-10-07T00:26:19Z
Duration: P341S
Description: Authorities have stressed the low likelihood of a Ebola breakout in the United States, but questions regarding the Dallas case and the effectiveness of airport screening have raised concern. Jeffrey Brown gets an update from Anthony Fauci of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases about the use of experimental drugs to treat the virus.

Clip: 10/06/2014 | 5m 41s

Authorities have stressed the low likelihood of a Ebola breakout in the United States, but questions regarding the Dallas case and the effectiveness of airport screening have raised concern. Jeffrey Brown gets an update from Anthony Fauci of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases about the use of experimental drugs to treat the virus.

Aired: 10/06/14

Rating: NR

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Officials consider new steps to screen travelers for Ebola

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