Zika, carried by mosquitoes, is strongly suspected of causing birth defects and now possibly another neurological disease. A white house request for emergency funds totaling nearly 2 billion is stalled in congress. Heres dr. Jon lapook. Everything we look at with this virus seems to be a bit scarier than we initially thought. Reporter at a White House Briefing today, doctors Anne Schuchat of the c. D. C. And dr. Anthony fauci of the n. I. H. Didnt mince words. Im not an alarmist, but the more we learn about the neurological aspect, the more we look around and say, this is serious. Reporter serious because new research is linking zika to more complications than previously thought, not just microcephaly, an abnormally small brain at birth, but also miscarriage, prematurity and blindness in newborn, and just yesterday a neurological complication in adults. One report from brazil found abnormal fetal ultrasounds in 29 of zikainfected women. Weve also learned the virus is likely to be a pro
Zika, carried by mosquitoes, is strongly suspected of causing birth defects and now possibly another neurological disease. A white house request for emergency funds totaling nearly 2 billion is stalled in congress. Heres dr. Jon lapook. Everything we look at with this virus seems to be a bit scarier than we initially thought. Reporter at a White House Briefing today, doctors Anne Schuchat of the c. D. C. And dr. Anthony fauci of the n. I. H. Didnt mince words. Im not an alarmist, but the more we learn about the neurological aspect, the more we look around and say, this is serious. Reporter serious because new research is linking zika to more complications than previously thought, not just microcephaly, an abnormally small brain at birth, but also miscarriage, prematurity and blindness in newborn, and just yesterday a neurological complication in adults. One report from brazil found abnormal fetal ultrasounds in 29 of zikainfected women. Weve also learned the virus is likely to be a pro
But that has not officially been confirmed. And she was taken to south side hospital. Again, we are in touch with family and friends, with well bring you the latest tonight at 5 00. We are live in islip, emily smith, cbs 2 news. All right, emily. Thank you. A deadly stabbing this morning in manhattan. A 22yearold man was fatally stabbed in front of his girlfriend. Cbs 2s magdalena is live where police have more. Thats right, chris. New developments right now. Police have a person in custody, as you mentioned that, person is a coworker of the victims girlfriend. Police do not believe that this attack was random. Detectives spent the morning searching under cars weapon. Each climbing construction scaffolding. They just told used, we cant get on the job site right now. Theyre looking for a knife. Murder jose vares. He was walking up third avenue between 94th and 95th street, with his 20yearold 20year old girlfriend after work. They were approached by a suspect who Police Believe may have
Report. Highway hazards you never see coming. Reporter how often do you sea driver who is medically unfit cause an accident . All the time. Pelley and new kids on the block playing with the kids next [screaming] captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley the centers for Disease Control told Congress Today it needs money and it needs it fast to fight the zika virus in the United States. Zika, carried by mosquitoes, is strongly suspected of causing birth defects and now possibly another neurological disease. A white house request for emergency funds totaling nearly 2 billion is stalled in congress. Heres dr. Jon lapook. Everything we look at with this virus seems to be a bit scarier than we initially thought. Reporter at a white house schuchat of the c. D. C. And dr. Anthony fauci of the n. I. H. Didnt mince words. Im not an alarmist, but the more we learn about the neurological aspect, the more we look around and say, this is serious. Reporter ser
Fight the zika virus in the United States. Zika, carried by mosquitoes, is strongly suspected of causing birth defects and now, possibly another neurological disease. A white house request for emergency funds totaling nearly 2 billion is stalled in congress. Heres dr. Jon lapook. Everything we look at with this virus seems to be a bit scarier than we initially thought. Reporter at a White House Briefing today, doctors Anne Schuchat of the c. D. C. And Anthony Fauci of the n. I. H. Didnt mince words. Im not an alarmist, and most ab you who know me know im not, but the more we learn about the neurological aspects, the more we look around and say, this is very serious. Reporter serious because new research is linking zika to more complications than previously thought. Not just microcephaly, an abnormally small brain at birth, but also miscarriage, prematurity and blindness in newborns, and just yesterday a new neurological complication in adults. One report from brazil found unnormal feta