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
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
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