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Ebola Health Worker Flew Hours Before Reporting Symptoms

A plane arrives at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK ) airport on October 11, 2014 in New York City. Ebola screenings began on Saturday at JFK for travelers arriving from West African countries that have been afftected by the disease. — A plane arrives at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK ) airport on October 11, 2014 in New York City. Ebola screenings began on Saturday at JFK for travelers arriving from West African countries that have been afftected by the disease.
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Caroline Chen and Mary Schlangenstein

October 15, 2014, 3:20 PM UTCUpdated onOctober 15, 2014, 11:26 PM UTC

The second nurse diagnosed with Ebola in Texas flew from Cleveland to Dallas hours before she reported her symptoms, and U.S. officials are working to contact passengers on the plane.

She took Frontier Airlines Flight 1143 the night of Oct. 13, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said today. The caregiver caught the deadly virus while treating patient Thomas Eric Duncan at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas earlier this month.