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geneticists who are traveling to brazil and colombia to assist with assessment and plans. we need to learn more about what the spectrum is in this case. as noted, we may see a broad spectrum of some more severe, some less severe and this is something we want to provide all of the expert assistance we can to support women, families, and communities who are dealing with this challenging situation. dr. pablos-mendez: one of our is the american pediatric association, so we are already working with them. >> i appreciate that. i would like to yield to the distinguished chairman. a lot of folks will be traveling to brazil this summer. steps are being taken in brazil that you can tell us about? for calls toheard cancel the olympics as people are concerned. what are the brazilians doing and why are you doing to help and what do we need to know? dr. fauci: brazil has taken this very seriously. they consider it a top national priority. they had deployed hundreds of thousands of people in the response. there are working to reduce mosquito populations. they are trying new forms of mosquito control. sea
geneticists who are traveling to brazil and colombia to assist with assessment and plans. we need to learn more about what the spectrum is in this case. as noted, we may see a broad spectrum of some more severe, some less severe and this is something we want to provide all of the expert assistance we can to support women, families, and communities who are dealing with this challenging situation. dr. pablos-mendez: one of our is the american pediatric association, so we are already working with...
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geneticists who are traveling to brazil and colombia to assist with assessment and plans. we need to learn more about what the spectrum is in this case. as noted, we may see a broad spectrum of some more severe, some less severe and this is something we want to provide all of the expert assistance we can to support women, families, and communities who are dealing with this challenging situation. dr. pablos-mendez: one of our is the american pediatric association, so we are already working with them. >> i appreciate that. i would like to yield to the distinguished chairman. a lot of folks will be traveling to brazil this summer. steps are being taken in brazil that you can tell us about? for calls toheard cancel the olympics as people are concerned. what are the brazilians doing and why are you doing to help and what do we need to know? dr. fauci: brazil has taken this very seriously. they consider it a top national priority. they had deployed hundreds of thousands of people in the response. there are working to reduce mosquito populations. they are trying new forms of mosquito contro
geneticists who are traveling to brazil and colombia to assist with assessment and plans. we need to learn more about what the spectrum is in this case. as noted, we may see a broad spectrum of some more severe, some less severe and this is something we want to provide all of the expert assistance we can to support women, families, and communities who are dealing with this challenging situation. dr. pablos-mendez: one of our is the american pediatric association, so we are already working with...
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♪ >> anthony: in bahia, you find yourself in the heart of the heart of brazil. where the magic comes from. if you wanna get there, just follow the sound of the drums. this is salvador de bahia. city of three million people. first capital of brazil. the wellspring for everything african and spicy. where things seem to just sway and move constantly. it's a place where everybody is sexy. where even the ugly people are hot. unsurprisingly, this is where artists come from. african spiritualism, occult magic, candomblé, capoeira. caipirinha? and caipirinhas. did i mention caipirinhas? they do those here too. i like them. i like them a lot. what's magical about this cocktail is the first taste. it's like, i don't know man. it's a little too something. and then like that second sip, it's like, aw, that's kinda good. then the third sip, it's -- where are my pants? fortunately food in these parts tends to be, shall we say, hearty. for instance, a delightful meal of fried meat with plenty of absorbent starch product, like farofa. the perfect accompaniment to many, many caipirinhas. oh, excellent. o
♪ >> anthony: in bahia, you find yourself in the heart of the heart of brazil. where the magic comes from. if you wanna get there, just follow the sound of the drums. this is salvador de bahia. city of three million people. first capital of brazil. the wellspring for everything african and spicy. where things seem to just sway and move constantly. it's a place where everybody is sexy. where even the ugly people are hot. unsurprisingly, this is where artists come from. african...
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joining us. the mysterious disease causing international anxiety. we're in brazil, ground zero of the zika outbreak, with disease detectives trying to stop the contagion from spreading. the world health organization declaring a global health emergency. here in the u.s. with at least 50 cases now confirmed there is mounting concern. here's abc's chief medical editor dr. richard besser. >> reporter: 3-month-old anna beatrice, who's like any normal baby -- but anna was born with microcephaly, an extremely small head, due to abnormal brain a devastating neurological condition that doctors suspect is linked to zika virus infection during pregnancy. in brazil the barbosa family is one of thousands of families dealing with the virus. roughly 150 cases of microcephaly occurred in brazil in 2014. last year, there were more than 4,000. anna's mother bruna tells us her zika infection happened when she was 12 months pregnant. the last in her family to get it but they were all sick. fever, headache, rash. nobody imagined it could affect her baby. >> when during your pregnancy did you know that
joining us. the mysterious disease causing international anxiety. we're in brazil, ground zero of the zika outbreak, with disease detectives trying to stop the contagion from spreading. the world health organization declaring a global health emergency. here in the u.s. with at least 50 cases now confirmed there is mounting concern. here's abc's chief medical editor dr. richard besser. >> reporter: 3-month-old anna beatrice, who's like any normal baby -- but anna was born with...
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americas at an alarming rate. the outbreak began in brazil. it's a condition where babies are born with abnormally small heads. it's suspected of being linked to the virus. health inspectors are advising women there and other countries not to get pregnant. the virus spread across brazil and is found in 20 counties in the americas. >> i am now declaring that the recent cluster of microcephali and other neurological abnormalities reported in latin america, following a cluster of french polynesia in 2014 constitutes an international health emergency. as a cautionary measure, and because of the association, a coordinated international response is needed to improve surveillance the detection of infections and neurological complications. to intense the control of mosquito populations and to expedite the development of diagnostic defendants, and vaccines to protect people at risk >>> al jazeera's latin america editor lucia newman joins us from rio de janeiro. the w.h.o.'s declaration will come as little surprise to many people where you are, i imagine. tell us more about what the government ha
americas at an alarming rate. the outbreak began in brazil. it's a condition where babies are born with abnormally small heads. it's suspected of being linked to the virus. health inspectors are advising women there and other countries not to get pregnant. the virus spread across brazil and is found in 20 counties in the americas. >> i am now declaring that the recent cluster of microcephali and other neurological abnormalities reported in latin america, following a cluster of french...
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wouldn't go to brazil if the olympics were being held right now. meanwhile, the u.s. government shipping zika virus tests for pregnant women to health departments around the country but warning that there could be temporary shortages. abc's chief health and medical editor dr. richard besser joins us to talk about the campaign to battle the mosquito-born virus. i'm bill ritter. a wild start to the presidential primary season and a wild start to the mosquito season in latin, central, and south america and the caribbean. we're gonna begin this morning by talking to u.s. senator charles schumer of new york on a wide range of issues -- why hillary clinton is having a tough challenge for the democratic presidential nomination, to the angry electorate. but i started by asking the senator about the zika virus. he is now calling for a zika czar. so how is the government doing in trying to stop this virus? >> well, the good news is we have a window of about three, four months before these mosquitoes that bear zika come here, but we have to move quickly. and there are two things we have to
wouldn't go to brazil if the olympics were being held right now. meanwhile, the u.s. government shipping zika virus tests for pregnant women to health departments around the country but warning that there could be temporary shortages. abc's chief health and medical editor dr. richard besser joins us to talk about the campaign to battle the mosquito-born virus. i'm bill ritter. a wild start to the presidential primary season and a wild start to the mosquito season in latin, central, and south...
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morning the president says will not compromise the upcoming brazilian olympics. they say brazil will have considerable success fighting the mosquitos that carry the virus. saturday was the mobilization day to feet zick a. brazil' s military and hundreds of thousands of health workers have been mobilized to do so. experts say the virus is sweeping through parts of latin america. scientists say many people who
morning the president says will not compromise the upcoming brazilian olympics. they say brazil will have considerable success fighting the mosquitos that carry the virus. saturday was the mobilization day to feet zick a. brazil' s military and hundreds of thousands of health workers have been mobilized to do so. experts say the virus is sweeping through parts of latin america. scientists say many people who
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. microcephaly causes babies to be born with abnormally small heads. so far in brazil, more than 41-hundred suspected cases are reported. doctor margaret chan says while the link is still not scientifically proven, there seems to be a strong relationship. ((doctor margaret chan/director- general world health organization)) all agree on the urgent need to coordinate international efforts to understand this relationship better. (dr. jon lapook, recife, brazil) brazil is getting very aggressive to try to stop the spread of zika. health officials now have access to any home or building to destroy mosquito breeding grounds. kill the aedes aegypti mosquito that is transmitting zika. pregnant woman here are taking extra precautions. (maria fernanda laudisio de lucca) i'm using dt every day even above clothes // i hope to finish my pregnancy well and i hope for a healthy baby world health officials estimate as many as 4 million cases of zika in the americas over the next year. dr. jon lapook, cbs news, recife, brazil. ((patrick walker)) last month, the c-d-c issued an alert... warning pregnant wome
. microcephaly causes babies to be born with abnormally small heads. so far in brazil, more than 41-hundred suspected cases are reported. doctor margaret chan says while the link is still not scientifically proven, there seems to be a strong relationship. ((doctor margaret chan/director- general world health organization)) all agree on the urgent need to coordinate international efforts to understand this relationship better. (dr. jon lapook, recife, brazil) brazil is getting very aggressive to...
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ground zero of the outbreak in brazil. >> reporter: here in brazil, donated blood is not yet tested for zika virus. instead donors are asked if they've recently been ill, but virus have no symptom, infections. in brazil the virus is predominantly spread through mosquitoes, but in the united states, nearly all the reported cases are imported from travelers. that's why the major blood banks say people should not donate blood if they have traveled in the last 28 days to mexico, the caribbean, south or central america. the director of transfusion medicine at u.p.m.c. >> if the deferral will take care of the great majority of the risk, so i think by far the benefits of transfusion would outweigh the very small risks of an infected unit. >> reporter: there is a test called p.c.r. that can detect zika virus in the blood, but it's not government approved in brazil or in the united states where about 21 million units are transfused each year. >> we keep the virus here frozen. >> reporter: researchers rafael franka has been studying in brazil. >> we have the machines and the technology to do.
ground zero of the outbreak in brazil. >> reporter: here in brazil, donated blood is not yet tested for zika virus. instead donors are asked if they've recently been ill, but virus have no symptom, infections. in brazil the virus is predominantly spread through mosquitoes, but in the united states, nearly all the reported cases are imported from travelers. that's why the major blood banks say people should not donate blood if they have traveled in the last 28 days to mexico, the...
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a footprint in spain, brazil, the u.k., and the united states, it is a truly global bank with more than 100 million customers. recently, the spanish lender has undergone several big changes, most recently when emilio botin, the executive chairman, passed away in 2014. his daughter, ana botin, took over from her father and quickly implemented a share sale of 7.5 billion euros. well, in her first television interview since becoming chairman, i speak exclusively to ana botin about her vision, emerging markets, and regulation. ana botin, thank you so much for joining us here at bloomberg. we have seen these huge changes in the last 12 months. are we going to see more, or are you happy where the bank is now? ana: the last 12 months have been very intense. the capital raise and changing the dividend policy, but more important the governance of the people changes on the board. not just as a group but in many subsidiaries and the team. we changed the ceo's in our five big countries. that is over. we are ready to actually start executing on our strategy. francine: and your strategy is what
a footprint in spain, brazil, the u.k., and the united states, it is a truly global bank with more than 100 million customers. recently, the spanish lender has undergone several big changes, most recently when emilio botin, the executive chairman, passed away in 2014. his daughter, ana botin, took over from her father and quickly implemented a share sale of 7.5 billion euros. well, in her first television interview since becoming chairman, i speak exclusively to ana botin about her vision,...
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. declares a global emergency other the sdwlik virus but brazil says the olympics will go head - zika. syria talks begin in geneva. >> reporter: i'm in south africa. the land appropriation bill is concerning to farmers >>> in the u.s. where the race for the white house have begun in iowa at the caucus to choose their candidates. ted cruz has won ahead of donald trump. the democratic votes are still being counted by hillary clinton and bernie sanders are neck and neck. already, though, martin o'malley has bowed out after a week result >> i congratulate my esteamed friends and opponents. i wish governor o'malley the very best. he has served our country and i am excited about really getting into the debate with senator sanders about the best way forward to fight for us and america. >> i want to take this opportunity to congratulations secretary clinton and her organization for waging a very vigorous campaign and i want to thank governor o'malley >>> let's get the latest from our correspondent who is in des moines in iowa. this is the second time around that iowa has not given clinton the
. declares a global emergency other the sdwlik virus but brazil says the olympics will go head - zika. syria talks begin in geneva. >> reporter: i'm in south africa. the land appropriation bill is concerning to farmers >>> in the u.s. where the race for the white house have begun in iowa at the caucus to choose their candidates. ted cruz has won ahead of donald trump. the democratic votes are still being counted by hillary clinton and bernie sanders are neck and neck. already,...
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is responsible for. brazil officials scramble to develop a vaccine for the zika virus. and they don't have much time before millions head to rio for the summer olympic games. and, do you have your plans set for super bowl sunday? you don't have to sit at home with parties going on all over the city. so what kind of weather can we expect tomorrow, and into the rest of the week? we will have a closer look at our forecast...and what you can expect in the days to come...right after the break. for news while you're on the go, listen to our newscast partner, news-talk 780, koh. west coast through the weather will be dry, with cold nights and a slow warming trend in the afternoons. the weekend will be mostly sunny, with valley highs back in the low 50s. with snow still on the ground and light wind, patchy freezing fog is possible overnight through the morning hours. -jeff tonight: patchy freezing fog after 10 pm. partly cloudy, with a low around 22. east wind around 5 mph becoming south after midnight. friday: patchy freezing fog before 10 am. partly sunny, with a high near 44. south wind ar
is responsible for. brazil officials scramble to develop a vaccine for the zika virus. and they don't have much time before millions head to rio for the summer olympic games. and, do you have your plans set for super bowl sunday? you don't have to sit at home with parties going on all over the city. so what kind of weather can we expect tomorrow, and into the rest of the week? we will have a closer look at our forecast...and what you can expect in the days to come...right after the break. for...
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severe birth defects an international public health emergency. the outbreak started in brazil and our dr. jon lapook is there tonight. jon. >> reporter: scott, i spent the day at the hospital in recite which has seen the most number of cases of microcephaly in brazil. the couple i spk to was anguished as they try to figure out what the condition means for their baby. alice bezerra depaz had a healthy baby, but her second child was born with microcephaly, a birth defect linked to the zika outbreak. babies with microcephaly had a small head and developmental delays. we never expected to have an infant like this, she said. but we will care for him the same way. to date parents came to the hospital in recite where doctors have seen 300 infants with microcephaly since september. before that this region only saw an average of nine cases a year. dr. angela rocha heads up the effort to understand and manage the crisis. in her four decades as a infectious disease expert she has never seen anything like it. this is different she said. it is a generation of babies with disability. which is a
severe birth defects an international public health emergency. the outbreak started in brazil and our dr. jon lapook is there tonight. jon. >> reporter: scott, i spent the day at the hospital in recite which has seen the most number of cases of microcephaly in brazil. the couple i spk to was anguished as they try to figure out what the condition means for their baby. alice bezerra depaz had a healthy baby, but her second child was born with microcephaly, a birth defect linked to the zika...
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we're on the ground in brazil. far from the bright lights of super bowl 50, a dark new chapter in "johnny football's" fall from grace. and how a minor spelling error made this american tourist a major celebrity in captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> axelrod: good evening. i'm jim axelrod. three days before the first primary election of campaign 2016, seven republican candidates are facing off in new hampshire tonight in debate number eight. for front-runner donald trump it is debate number seven. he sat out the last one to protest what he called disrespectful treatment from fox news, the nasdaq that hosted that last debate. trump was then upset by ted cruz in the iowa caucuses. another developing storyline in new hampshire it's rise of marco rubio. >> we had to move it to a bigger venue. >> marco rubio showing the same closing momentum that catapulted him to a third-place win in iowa, the biggest crowd of his new hampshire campaign. >> by the way, you if you get a call on tuesday night saying i dropped out. it isn't true. it's a lie. keep voting. >> repo
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the homeland. according to dr. luiz alberto machado, ambassador of brazil to the united states, the brazilian government has deployed 220,000 troops and 300,000 health agents to fight the vector of the infection by visiting communities to educate the population and help eliminate all mosquito breeding grounds. experts cite possible links with the zia infection of pregnant mothers and the dangers of their unborn children. no definitive proof of such a linkage according to brazil's ambassador and i quote him in part, microcephaly in newborn babies can also be caused by a number of other diseases. health experts are dealing with something new. the link is unprecedented, he says, in scientific literature and requires in depth studies and analyses. as a matter of fact an a.p. story just out, the president of colombia said in all the cases there's not one of microcephaly. a supplemental some of $1.8 billion in order to combat zika virus there, quote, may be a link. dr. marcos, director of the communicable said there's a broad spectrum of impacts from mild to severe. a fact sheet on microc
the homeland. according to dr. luiz alberto machado, ambassador of brazil to the united states, the brazilian government has deployed 220,000 troops and 300,000 health agents to fight the vector of the infection by visiting communities to educate the population and help eliminate all mosquito breeding grounds. experts cite possible links with the zia infection of pregnant mothers and the dangers of their unborn children. no definitive proof of such a linkage according to brazil's ambassador...
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more from ground zero in the zika fight. >> brazil hardest hit by the zika virus. it may have arrived in 2014 in the u.s. soccer tournament since then exploded infecting 1.5 million people here in brazil alone. the fear is it could spread to another 4 million people across the america's in the next 12 months. scene. health officials spraying insecticide in the hopes of killing this. the mosquito responsible for the zika virus sweeping through latin america and the caribbean. the virus suspected of causing increase in microcephaly. children born with unusually small heads often with brain damage. more than 4,100 suspected cases of microcephaly have been reported so far in in brazil. pregnant women fear other side effects from the virus. >> the public doesn't know everything about the disease. we don't know, exactly the consequence of it only microcephaly. >> reporter: tourism will likely suffer despite officials downplaying risks to visitors. rio's carnival begins, february 5th. health workers here took to the streets armed with instruments and information. and brazil set to host the e
more from ground zero in the zika fight. >> brazil hardest hit by the zika virus. it may have arrived in 2014 in the u.s. soccer tournament since then exploded infecting 1.5 million people here in brazil alone. the fear is it could spread to another 4 million people across the america's in the next 12 months. scene. health officials spraying insecticide in the hopes of killing this. the mosquito responsible for the zika virus sweeping through latin america and the caribbean. the virus...
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in brazil right now with more than 4000 cases? why do we not see it in other places yet? what are the reasons for it? brent: we have to be clear that it is still not proven zika virus is causing these birth defects. guest: you are absolutely right. that is why this call is being made. to combine the efforts of the international community because of we had a clear link in whatever way, we could work toward eliminating it or fighting it, but we know so little about this virus and so little about the possible links to microcephaly. there could be other links or other reasons from various factors, drugs, alcohol, vaccines or environmental factors. it needs to be pinned down what we are talking about. brent: we have heard that pregnant women and mothers to be are very worried. should they avoid visiting the infected countries? guest: the worry out of there is really clear because there has been so little knowledge about possible infections. zika virus was fairly mild with not many big symptoms and nothing to worry about. but for pregnant women or those who would like to get pregnant soon,
in brazil right now with more than 4000 cases? why do we not see it in other places yet? what are the reasons for it? brent: we have to be clear that it is still not proven zika virus is causing these birth defects. guest: you are absolutely right. that is why this call is being made. to combine the efforts of the international community because of we had a clear link in whatever way, we could work toward eliminating it or fighting it, but we know so little about this virus and so little about...
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comes. like everyone in brazil these days we apply mosquito repellent constantly. but the virus is on the move. more than 50 cases so far reported in the u.s. all travel related. lizzy morales, a houston mother, contracted zika on a christmas visit to el salvador. >> you could see bumps in my lips. my eyes. my ears. you have no strength, no energy. like to do anything. not to even sit down. all you want to do is lay down and sleep. her symptoms subsided. since the virus is believed to leave your blood when you recover any future pregnancies should be fine. today florida governor rick scott declared a public health emergency in four counties where people have been diagnosed with zika. red cross is telling donors to hold off giving for 28 days if they've been somewhere that has zika transmission. yesterday the first confirmed case of zika transmission in the u.s. spread not by mosquito but through sexual contact with someone infected by the virus. dr. peter hotez, a tropical disease scientist, said blood transfusions and sexual contact should be the least of our concerns. >> the case of
comes. like everyone in brazil these days we apply mosquito repellent constantly. but the virus is on the move. more than 50 cases so far reported in the u.s. all travel related. lizzy morales, a houston mother, contracted zika on a christmas visit to el salvador. >> you could see bumps in my lips. my eyes. my ears. you have no strength, no energy. like to do anything. not to even sit down. all you want to do is lay down and sleep. her symptoms subsided. since the virus is believed to...
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transmitted. while in brazil experts are trying to determine whether the virus could be linked to a rare condition that causes paralysis in adults. nbc's rehema ellis reports from brazil. >> reporter: mosquitos are the primary way the zika virus is transmitted, but today the cdc confirmed the first case acquired by sexual contact in texas. as a result, the cdc tells nbc news it will now issue a new advisory this week. back, gets sick with zika and then has sexual intercourse with a woman who is pregnant or may be pregnant, there is the theoretical risk that that woman could then become infected with zika. >> reporter: as health officials study transmission, the cdc is also investigating other serious illnesses seca may cause beyond microcephaly in babies. in brazil, 27-year-old dave gomez is recovering from sudden paralysis he woke up a month ago after having zika zika-like symptoms. he was diagnosed with gulan-barre syndrome, a debill interrogate and often treatable condition with blood cell infusions and physical therapy. >> last year we have 65 cases. >> reporter: this neurologist say
transmitted. while in brazil experts are trying to determine whether the virus could be linked to a rare condition that causes paralysis in adults. nbc's rehema ellis reports from brazil. >> reporter: mosquitos are the primary way the zika virus is transmitted, but today the cdc confirmed the first case acquired by sexual contact in texas. as a result, the cdc tells nbc news it will now issue a new advisory this week. back, gets sick with zika and then has sexual intercourse with a woman...