Brown good evening, scott is on assignment. Im james brown. Today, the food and Drug Administration took the extraordinary step of ordering the nations blood banks to begin screening for zika, even in places where the virus is not present. Zika can cause severe birth defects, and to date there have been nearly 2500 infections in the u. S. Linked to travel in countries affected by the outbreak. 42 were locally transmitted in florida, most likely from mosquitoes. Dr. Tara narula is a cbs news medical contributor. And i guess the first question up is why has the f. D. A. Called for a nationwide testing . These are updated recommend aegzs that come from the recommendationing in february. And it comes in the light of new scientific evidence, and the fact that were learning more and more about zika and how its transmitted. We know its transmitted sexually now. We know the devastating consequences that it can have on pregnant women, and now we have expanding area in florida of identified of i
Welcome to the overnight news. South florida is bracing for possible floods. A system that could become a Tropical Storm is churning off the coast threatening the region with several days of heavy rain. It comes as the miami area is struggling to containt zika virus. Spread by local mosquitoes which can breed in just a bottle cap of water. Omar villafranca in miami beach with more on the double threat. Omar. Sun bathers flocked to miami beach to soak in the sun before the storms roll in. The ocean winds are expected to bring in several days of rain, including heavy downpours. Right now the main concern at the shore is the strong rip current. On land, Health Officials want to make sure pooling water from possible floods doesnt turn into a widespread breeding ground for mosquitoes carrying the virus. Property owners face a 1,000 fine for not getting rid of pools of standing water. In florida, 42 people contracted the zika virus from local mosquitoes. 38 of the cases are right here in mia
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And more about zika and how its transmitted. We know its transmitted sexually now. We know the devastating consequences that it can have on pregnant women, and now we have expanding area in florida of locally transmitted infections. In fact, there has been one case identified of infected blood in florida. Now, its no danger to the blood supply, but certainly, that just shines the light on the fact that this is something we need to be doing now. Brown and whats going to be involved in setting this up . Theres no question that its this implemented in such a quick time frame. The recommendation has been that 11 states implement this process within four weeks. And new york is one of those states. And for the rest of the country, within 12 weeks. Its going to require resources, and planning, and funding. And yet again, one more reason for congress to really take action when they come back into session, making sure that we have the resources funding we we need to implement this on a widescal
Brown good evening, scott is on assignment. Im james brown. Today, the food and Drug Administration took the extraordinary step of ordering the nations blood banks to begin screening for zika, even in places where the virus is not present. Zika can cause severe birth defects, and to date there have been nearly 2500 infections in the u. S. Linked to travel in countries affected by the outbreak. 42 were locally transmitted in florida, most likely from dr. Tara narula is a cbs news medical contributor. And i guess the first question up is why has the f. D. A. Called for a nationwide testing . These are updated recommend aegzs that come from the recommendationing in february. And it comes in the light of new scientific evidence, and the fact that were learning more and more about zika and how its transmitted. We know its transmitted sexually now. We know the devastating consequences that it can have on pregnant women, and now we have expanding area in florida of locally transmitted infecti