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Five U.S. airports begin screening for Ebola among travelers from West Africa

The CDC announced Wednesday that five major airports, starting with New York’s JFK airport, will screen passengers arriving from West African countries affected by the Ebola virus outbreak. The screenings will include questionnaires and taking temperatures. Jeff Pegues reports from Dulles International Airport where screenings begin next week. Source

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Dr. LaPook on whether tighter Ebola screenings will help

A new poll finds most Americans are at least somewhat concerned with the Ebola outbreak. CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook joins “CBS This Morning” to discuss the latest developments, including quarantine of U.S. Ebola patient’s family. Source

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Dallas Ebola patient’s death raises questions about treatment

Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person to be diagnosed with the Ebola virus in the United States, died Wednesday at a Dallas hospital. The death is raising questions about what more could have been done to prevent it while fears are growing that another person in Dallas could have contracted the virus. Manuel Bojorquez reports. Source

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Keira Knightley opens the London Film Festival

The London Film Festival kicked off with a screening of “The Imitaion Game” starring Keira Knightley and Benedict Cumberbatch. Also, the new movie “Pride,” about British gay rights activists in the 1980s, opens Friday. Suzanne Marques reports on the day’s top entertainment stories. Source

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Crunching the Numbers: What if the swing voters aren’t who you think?

What the polls and partisans are missing this year: CBSNews.com continues its series taking you behind the scenes with the elite pollsters and number-crunchers shaping our politics and policy today; in a world that sometimes seems awash in data and statistics and endless arguments, our Elections Director, Anthony Salvanto, gets them out of the office, away from the computers — and tries to make sense of it all Source

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Child respiratory virus

Dr. Len Horovitz, Pulmonary Specialist at Lenox Hill Hospital in NYC, tells us what we need to know about the Enterovirus, why it’s spreading and how concerned parents should be. Source

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ISIS advances; FBI public plea

Maj. Mike Lyons (Ret.), CBS News Military Analyst, discusses ISIS advancing towards the Syrian boarder town of Kobani and the FBI asking the public for help identifying foreign fighter terrorists. Source

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