says the zika virus is spreading explosively through the western hemisphere hemisphere. it is carried through mosquitos and can make healthy people sick with fever and rash and for pregnant women, could lead to miscarriage or severe birth defects, ten cases already this month come from people who travelled to caribbean or latin america. we spoke to dr. jon lapook. we now have over 4,000 suspected cases of babies born with brain defects in brazil, the question everyone is asking is could this effect the united states. we do not believe that there will be a major outbreak of zika in the united states, we don t want to be cavalier about it. we want to take it very seriously but if zika acts like the other types of viruses that had experience with, we will see little mini outbreaks like in florida or texas that can be well-controlled with mosquito vector control. hopefully we will not see anything worse than that. but we have to be very vigil ant. again we don t expect a
we will most definitely be tracking a winter storm that will have impacts on siouxland. stay tuned over the next few days and we ll keep you informed of how things will play out. 3 3 3 with just days until the first votes are cast in the 20 - 16 presidential election. the candidates are campaigning in iowa today to make their closing arguments to voters. for republicans. the final pitch started last night in the seventh g - o - p debate. but c - b - s news correspondent marlie hall shows us. the debate was dominated by the one candidate who wasn t even on stage. 3 pkg trt: 1:37insert trt: 1:33 (pkg)-nats- with donald trump absent.his biggest rival, ted cruz, took center stage.becoming the target of the night: (sot ted cruz) gosh, if you guys ask one more mean question i may have to leave the stage. some of the biggest fireworks came as the candidates sparred over bush) we should have a path to 3 legal status for the 12 million people that are here illegally(sot marco rubio)
rescue as many as they can. they were so desperate to reach europe that this group of 57 migrants abandoned their inflatable raft and stranlded themselves on a cliff on the greek coast. winter is normally quiet here but this year the rescue teams have been taken by surprise? january 50,000 people made the dangerous crossing. over 20 times more than last january. this month s death toll is more than 170, including some who tried to make the risky voyage at night and drowned when their boat capsized. a swedish team helped a group of people stuck on a cliff who fled syria and iran and amongst them was a tiny baby and a disabled man who was helped down the cliff face. in the safety of the boat, he comforted his one-year-old son. and told us he was a christian and he and his family risked death to flee iran. you have 50/50 chance to win or maybe lose your life. all volunteers helping. this is my way to give something to people that is in need. the swedish team found th
cases in 1 1 states and d.c. since last year. so far all of the patients here were infected by mosquitoes abroad, but that is likely to change. the virus, first discovered in the zika forest in uganda in the 1940s, is linked to serious birth defects. dr. jon lapook has the latest. the zika virus. reporter: today the world health organization sounded an alarm about the zika outbreak. director margaret chan. questions abound. we need to get some answers quickly. reporter: the organization will convene an emergency meeting monday to plan its response. the zika virus, which is linked to children being born with small heads, poses several challenges. right now diagnostic tests aren t perfect. there s in treatment, and there s in vaccine. dr. anthony fauci, head of the infectious diseases branch of the nih, says the outbreak is a pandemic. you have multiple down fris in south america and the caribbean, so by anybody s definition, that would be considered a pandemic. rep
if you were a hippie in the 60s, you need to know. it s the dawning of the age of aquarius. yeah, and something else that s cool. what? osteoporosis is preventable. all: osteo s preventable? right on! if you dig your bones, protect them. all: cbs cares! today the world health organization warned that the zika virus is spreading explosively, by the end of the year could infect 4 million people. it is in 23 countries now, including the u.s., with 31 cases in 11 states and d.c. since last year. so far all of the patients here were infected by mosquitos abroad but that s likely to change. the virus first discovered in the zika forest in uganda in the 1940s is linked to serious birth defects dr. jon lapook has the latest. today the world health organization sounded an a lemaire about the zika outbreak, director margaret clan. questions about, we need to get some answers quickly. the organization will convene an emergency meeting on monday to plan its response. the zika vi