In a particular part of the spinal cord that is abnormal. When we see a patient with this presentation, we look for whether or not they have an acute eninfection and one of the infects of interest is the enterovirus d68 infection which more commonly presents with respiratory problems and breathing issues. Reporter some young patients across the country are experiencing complications, exposure to this particular enterovirus strain and then sudden muscle weakness. Doctors at c. H. O. P. Dont know if the three patients theyre treating had enterovirus d68 first, only the cdc will be able to test and tell us for sure. This is all Childrens Hospital will tell us about them. One of the patients has had a cough and a cold. That might be a milder version of the respiratory symptoms. The other two had a little fever and felt unwill but didnt have severe respiratory symptoms at all. Reporter Childrens Hospital gave the three patients an initial nose swap test and one of the patients they say did
The rest of the weekend. It sure looks like fall with rain coming down throughout parts of our area. I will show you where the rainfall is. Moving through parts of center city. Just sot south of thorn berry and parts of Burlington County, tabernacle, woodland seeing light rainfall at this time. Allentown, same thing, light to moderate rainfall. Just moving out of reading and richmond. We will head to the rest of this morning. If you have any morning errands to run make sure you grab your umbrel umbrella. This afternoon, more clearing. Even a bit more sunshine. Ill let you know exactly what to expect for the rest of your weekend coming up in my first alert sevenday forecast. Thank you, brittney. Enterovirus d68 which has sickened kids all over the country may be the cause of a death of a Mercer County child. There are nine confirmed cases of the virus in new jersey. They are in camden, sue sex, morris,es sex, passaic. Matt, at this point, the cdc is just stopping short of saying that th
A barrel at west texas intermediate dipped below 50. So how will this dramatic collapse in energy costs impact the economy and consumers . Steve liesman takes a look. Reporter plunging oil prices raised a few economic puzzles. First, since the u. S. Is now such a huge oil producer wouldnt it be a drag on the economy or a benefit . This is key to the first, what will consumers do with the wind fall . Save spend, or pay down debt . Disappointing retail sales in december suggest consumers parting only reluctantly with the extra petro dollars in their pocket. People are waiting to see if this is real and take a while before adjusting their spending pattern. Reporter to be sure the case is not closed. Consumer spending was strong in october and november leaving some economists to forecast that Fourth Quarter growth will sport the best Consumer Spending number since the Great Recession ended. The december data may yet be revised and just because consumers took a break doesnt mean that the oi
Good evening, everyone, on this christmas eve. Im suzy. Tyler is off tonight. So it looks like santa srted his rounds a little early today. Stocks edged higher thanks to some encouraging data about manufacturing and housing and well have more on both those topics in just a few minutes. Traders called todays gains the start of a socalled santa claus rally. Thats when stocks rise in the final five trading sessions of the year and on wall street thats a bullish signal for the new year. Today investors and traders spread a little Holiday Cheer to each of the major averages. The dow and the s p posted new alltime highs and the nasdaq had its best close in more than 13 years. The dow rose another 63 points. The nasdaq was up 6. And the s p adde5 points. Over in the bond market, worries about whether the Federal Reserve would taper its stimulus and cause a sharp spike in Interest Rates has been a big headache for bond investors. Just ahead of the feds taper announcement last week, investors i
All that and more for this tuesday, december 24th, 2013. Good evening, everyone, on this christmas eve. Im suzy. Tyler is off tonight. So it looks like santa started his rounds a little early today. Stocks edged higher thanks to some encouraging data about manufacturing and housing and well have more on both those topics in just a few minutes. Traders called todays gains the start of a socalled santa claus rally. Thats when stocks rise in the final five trading sessions of the year and on wall street thats a bullish signal for the new year. Today investors and traders spread a little Holiday Cheer to each of the major averages. The dow and the s p posted new alltime highs and the nasdaq had its best close in more than 13 years. The dow rose another 63 points. The nasdaq was up 6. And the s p added 5 points. Over in the bond market, worries about whether the Federal Reserve would taper its stimulus and cause a sharp spike in Interest Rates has been a big headache for bond investors. Jus