Associated cases have been found in the us. With no effective vaccine to prevent the virus, an Iowa Research company is one of Many Companies trying to solve this puzzle. Local 5s Claire Powell is here with more. Claire bam jack, theres a delicate balance between giving information on the zika virus and scaring people. Of the two speices of mosquitos known to carry the virus, yes one is found here in the us and in iowa. But its the unknowns that have Iowa Researchers frustrated. Theyre trying to make an effective vaccine while educating people in the meantime. At this time last year, researchers say the zika virus was basically dorment. It feels like a mild flu, most people thats what happens and they dont know theyre infected within 10 months, thats all changed. What was amazing was there were no cases and now its over 1. 5 million in brazil. Its incredible, thast just from last year the virus, discovered in the 1940s, has spread to a pandemic. Recently, newlinnk ames, known for their
We begin today with a Major New Development in the investigation into the death of an iowa man on the lake of the ozarks last year. A Missouri State trooper is now manslaughter in the drowning of Brandon Ellingson. This is the last photo of ellingson alive. In may of 2014. He was arrested for alleged drunken boating. Witnesses say Missouri State trooper Anthony Piercy put the wrong life jacket on ellingson while he was handcuffed in the police boat. Ellingson fell out of the boat and drowned. Trooper piercy said he was never told how to use the life vests and a jury ruled the death accidental. The investigation was also plagued with conspiracy of a cover up by the state patrol. That prompted the original special investigator to step down. Today prosecutors said they are charging piercy because theres enough evidence to prove he put ellingsons life in danger that day. I have charged him with wrecklessly causing death. It relates to unjustifiable risk being taken. Ellingsons family has n