Travel Advisory by Cheryl Glaser Hepatitis A Alert Hundreds of motorists on the East Coast may have been exposed to hepatitis A. An infected worker at the Texas Steakhouse on Interstate 95 near Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina handled food and may have passed the disease on to as many as 2000 travelers over the weekends of July 31st and August 7th. But starting October first, agents must first convince a federal magistrate in order to hold a traveler more than four hours. If you're cleared of suspicion, customs officials promise to help you back on your way. And while suspicious people are getting new treatment, the Federal Aviation Administration is worried that suspicious luggage is not. A new technology designed to scan baggage is going unused at major airports.
Airlines say the equipment is too slow.
But the F.A.A. wants the machines to scan as much as 20 percent of all airport luggage.