's almost every part of the cdc is working on this in real time. they are try to get the testing and the diagnostics ramped up and they are also trying to help with mosquito control. and effectorrol control is not something the federal government does. it's up to every locality. it is very patchwork. these localities may be able to do stuff to get rid of the larvae or deal with the adult mosquito but a lot of places are dealing with west nile virus which is a different kind of mosquito and requires different treatment. on the response from the cdc and how they are trying to get their arms around it. is exactly right. there are a lot of things they know and a lot of things they don't. considering that there is a 40-week lag time, if someone gets pregnant and is bitten by a notuito with zika, we will see the effect. it will not be on the front page of your local newspaper for many months. >> i think that's white or is this urgency because the people who know this virus no that what we are doing now is going to change how this plays out when these bab

with the kinds of things that i need to do at the nih and what tom friedman we needs to do with the cdc. >> to that point on appropriation, it has been five months of the white house put in the request. doesn't look like congress is any closer to getting this passed them back in february. i'm wondering if congress had approved that money back in february, what would have been different in the development of the vaccine or addressing mosquitoes? can you tell us? it's a complicated issue because with regard to vaccine, unlikely there would be any difference. the difference is going to be going forward. we have borrowed money from other accounts and i discussed this many times in the beginning in january when we started doing testinglopment of pre-clinically and inpatients for the phase one we will start toward the end of the summer. through theroceeded month, still with no appropriation, the president allowed us to use some of the unexpended ebola money to then continue. we are reaching the point now where if we don't get appropriations, we will not be able to do the proper implementation

want to talk about the cdc work. ft. collins, connecticut, a tremendous amount of work on these illnesses, and i was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to visit the work concerning zika virus there at the laboratory in february of this year including going in to look at the live mosquitos, larvae and what was happening and the whole works. i learned at this time about a chemical that the cdc was working to reclassify as a biochemical pesticide active ingredient. according to this tour it was a natural ingredient i think found in citrus, grapefruit oil might be in some cedar trees as well. but it has a natural grounding. many may recognize this from their shampoos. i think this product is in many shampoos as well. the epa has to evaluate natural tick repellants and pesticides for registration before they may be sold for use to the public to validate safety and efficacy. with your agency how have you coordinated to develop various products to ensure they become available? >> thank you very much, senator. we're deligh

wanted to talk to you a little bit about the cdc work. fort collins, colorado is home to the division of sector borne diseases and -- vector-born illnesses. i was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to visit the work concerning zika virus including going into look at the life mosquitoes, larva and what was happening. i learned at this time about a chemical that the cdc was working to reclassify as a biochemical pesticide active ingredient. natural was a ingredient found in citrus-like grapefruit oil. it might be in cedar trees as well. many may recognize this from their shampoos. epa has to evaluate natural tick repellents and pesticides before they may be used by the public. as your agency have heavy corrugated with other agencies to expert at the approval of various products to make sure the become available? youenator we are delighted had a chance to visit every unit in fort collins, colorado. their innovation has been terrific. they have come up with a new and increasingly available laboratory test to diagnose zika and they have

so we were fortunate here in the united states to actually cdc -- cdc is the only one -- the only federal agencies outside of the washington, d.c. it always took me a while to figure out why that is and the reason is malaria. malaria used to be in the south western united states and what was happening we were sending troops to be trained in the south and we don't need to get our young women getting ready to war getting malaria, but let's look at dengue right now, we see it in texas border, we see it in mÉxico and not the united states, it's due to screens and air-conditioning actually which is one of the reasons that will protect us against zika. you're right. when we think about what does it take to protect us, we need to use every tool available for us, for mosquitoes it's about killing the baby mosquitoes, it's about killing the adult mosquito insecticides and then it's about source reduction, which means find the sources of water out there and get rid of it. we need to be thinking about every tool available to us and including others and people are thinking thinking that way, what is

the cdc has been working on but for things. what we both did is we took money from other accounts that we would normally be spent on other important things, and we put into our seek activity so we would not slow down with the cdc is doing. we're getting to the point very, very soon. we will run out of money we borrowed from ourselves so we really need the money right away. how they get that, what congress does i can't speak to that. that's not within my purview. but i can emphasize what i've been saying, that we really do need the money. [inaudible] what the fda has done is quite prudent. i don't know whether you followed it. the local transmitted cases in florida. what the fda said is that ultimately hopefully soon we want to test the blood the way we test it for other things to keep the blood supply safe. it's going to take a little while to implement the testing. so when order to be really safe and did not take any chances come into two areas where there is local transmission in broward and miami-dade, they are closing down

. >> i think the cdc has done a wonderful job in identifying areas where zika is prevalent. they're currently following about 500 women who are pregnant and who have been exposed to zika. but right now there are very few areas in the united states where you really have a major threat from the zika virus. >> is that something that could change rapidly? the cdc has warned we could see transmission in the transcontinental united states. >> yes, but we count on the cdc to follow it. >> what's reasonable to expect and what are the best case scenarios? >> are there a number of ways we can reduce the incidence of cancer. one to decrease the incidence of smoking, two the decrease obe obesity and increase detection. >> what will work to wiping cans are out? >> i think genomics plays a big part in it. >> do you think in five, ten, 20 years wipe out the incidents of cancer? i doubt it. it will become a more chronic disease. prostate cancer is one of those and several others are headed in the same direction. as people age, the incidence of cancer goes up. you're not going to see it go c

i want to tip my hat to the cdc. with hhs iship multiple agencies in hhs -- nih, the assistant secretary for prevention and response -- the cdc is doing an extraordinary controlrying to help and support public health measures. they need support we hope they get very soon, the same way the means support to do what we do, which is mainly research. how does the virus work? importantly developing countermeasures -- vaccines, therapeutics, diagnostics, etc. i want to talk very briefly, and then i will stop at, about two major initiatives going on right now. with ouritiated called zip,lleagues infancyands for zika in and pregnancy. we will follow the women, we will follow the babies, and perth, six months, a year. the reason we need to do that, at baby could be born looking normal, but have settled the subtle if they -- defects if they get infected. visual abnormalities, abnormalities, intellectual compromise. that is what we are going to do. there are number of programs and projects. that seems take a while to p.velo we p

wanted to talk to you a little bit about the cdc work. fort collins, colorado is home to the division of sector borne diseases and -- vector-born illnesses. i was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to visit the work concerning zika virus including going into look at the life mosquitoes, larva and what was happening. i learned at this time about a chemical that the cdc was working to reclassify as a biochemical pesticide active ingredient. natural was a ingredient found in citrus-like grapefruit oil. it might be in cedar trees as well. many may recognize this from their shampoos. epa has to evaluate natural tick repellents and pesticides before they may be used by the public. as your agency have heavy corrugated with other agencies to expert at the approval of various products to make sure the become available? youenator we are delighted had a chance to visit every unit in fort collins, colorado. their innovation has been terrific. they have come up with a new and increasingly available laboratory test to diagnose zika and they have

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the cdc found nearly 80% had at least one violation. the most common, improper ph levels, followed by improper safety equipment. the report also showed that one in eight public pools were immediately closed because of serious health and safety violations. >> an example would be not enough disinfectant or chlorine in the water. germs could spread among swimmers. >> reporter: robin manages the public pools in the city of dallas. she says at every pool rule number one is no number two. >> there are little kids. sometimes their bathroom habits aren't the same as adults. a lot of contaminants can be introduced in the water from kids. >> reporter: and adults can bring things into the pool. >> just because it's a pair of shorts doesn't mean it's a swim suit. >> reporter: one of the biggest problem areas is where kids play. the cdc report found that one in five city pools were closed because of violations. they want the parents to be extra careful, they can buy ph strips and test out the water to make sure it's safe. >> that is the overnight ne

just last week the cdc reported they are currently monitoring in the united states 320 cases of zika impregnable a man through the cdc director has joints here today and calls the zika a silent epidemic. as of now many predicted what would happen in the summer is the spread of the virus is nowd accelerating. federal health of the shows confirmed the lack -- with 10 new cases. that was a record broken last wednesday when florida confirmed 11 new zika infections. that time the six counties including lake county florida which is never had a case before that record was broken on monday of this week than 13 new infections were reported. so you get the idea. the problem is not -- is only going to continue to accelerate it is not the first time i spoken in the growing threat of zika. in january of this year as i was somewhere outside of florida i saw a headline in "the new york times" that stopped me in my tracks as reported the reported siegell linked birth defects rice and brazil read the article and to say health authorities in brazil said wednesday reported cases of microcephaly a rare

. >> i think the cdc has done a wonderful job in identifying areas where zika is prevalent. they're currently following about 500 women who are pregnant who have been exposed to th but right now, there are very few areas in the united states where you really have a major threat from the zika virus. >> is that something that could change rapidly? the cdc warned we could see transmission in the continental united states. >> i think that's always a possibility. but i think that's one of the things that we count on the cdc to follow for us. >> where do we stand right now in the battle against cancer? what's reasonable to expect? and what are the best case scenario? >> if you look at the incidence of cancer. one is decrease the incidence of smoking. two, decrease the incidence of obesity, so that's prevention. early detection with mammography and colonography. >> what will make us able to concentrate once people have cancer in wiping it out? >> i think genomics is going to play into this. that is an enormous -- >> personalized care for cancer where they're looking at your particu

that's a big change coming from the cdc. zika, which is widespread in parts of south america and the carribean, has been linked to a birth defect. the cdc is also recommending a more sophisticated blood test for the virus. there are now 450 pregnant women a new threat in the fight against opioid abuse. officials say a drug used to sedate elephants is suspected in several overdoses in several states. ben: authorities say they've found carfentanil mixed with or passed off as much weaker heroin. the drug is said to be 100 times as potent as fentanyl. maria: if you're like many people you sit all day at work. but new research shows even one hour of exercising could improve your health. scientists combed over data from more than 1 million people and found it takes 60 to 75 minutes of moderate intensity exercise to undo the damage of sitting for at least eight hours a day. dangerous as being obese or smoking. ben: using your ez pass for more than just driving along the pike. maria: the report showing that same technology could mak

. >> reporter: tonight that warning for pregnant british citizens not matched by the cdc here at home. >> this is the outbreak. >> oh, my god. don't tell lulu that. lulu, you shouldn't be here. >> the cdc not putting any travel warning in place for florida yet but this family of three now taking extra precautions. >> we would be more sensitive to keeping an eye out for symptoms. >> reporter: four people with zika all bitten by mosquitos in this one square mile of miami right next to downtown and just one block from her home. >> this is my baby. this is him. >> she's 25 weeks pregnant with her first child and constantly on alert. knowing she's most at risk. zika symptoms are mild in most but can cause severe birth defects. >> i have to think every day do i want to go outside or what am i going to wear. did i carry my repellant. is it strong enough? >> reporter: in miami extra patrols screening residents and passing out critical supplies in the trouble zone. officials in miami confident they can keep zika contained. >> once something starts, we nip it in the bud. >> health officials are

the cdc director, who joins us here today, called zika a silent epidemic. as of now, many predicted what would happen during the summer if the spread of the virus accelerate. the friday before last, federal health officials confirmed the largest number of new cases in the state of florida with ten new cases. that was a short-lived record. it was broken last weekend when florida confirmed 11 new zika infections. that time, in six counties, including lake county florida, which had never had a case before. that record was broken again on monday of this week, when 13 new infections were reported. so, you get the idea. the problem is not -- is only going to continue to accelerate. this is not the first time i have spoken on the growing threat of zika. in late january of this year, as i was somewhere outside of florida, i saw a headline in the "new york times" that stopped me in my tracks. it said "report of zika-linked birth defects rise in brazil." health authorities in brazil said wednesday reported cases of conditionly, a rare in which infants are born with h

if these were the first cases in a latin american country, the cdc will put in a travel advisory. that's because the first cases led to wide spread disease. they don't expect wide spread disease in miami. >> dr. richard, chief health and medical editor believes pregnant women should take precautions traveling to miami. >> if you're a pregnant woman and you can avoid those parts of the cdc says intense mosquito control areas are ongoing in south florida and adds if however we see evidence of transmission, despite control efforts, then we will charge our recommendations, a day by day decision. carlos rodriguez expecting their second child any day will not take the chance. >> i will not take the risk. and travels. >> tony -- they plan to traveling. >> i'm going at the end of the month. >> i don't want it to hinder what i want to do. >> are you going to take the precaution. >> a lot of bug spray. >> health officials in florida believe they can control any spread. reporting live in union square, tim fletcher, eyewitness news. >>> 100 days away. clinton is ohio. that after stops in penn

according to the cdc, four people in the miami area downtown miami, one area there, they have been infected with the virus likely caused by bites from local mosquitos. so this means that mosquitos with the zika are now here in our country. so how concerned should we be about getting bitten by mosquitos since they can potentially carry zika now so? >> i don't think we should be that concerned. i'm getting the question from women, should i go miami to a wedding. yes, go. no travel advisory. first of all, the reason this happened is because travelers brought zika here and some local mosquitos bit them and then they got zika. but a mosquito like this only lives one or two week. also mosquito control in florida is excellent compared to brazil i'd say. the chances of it leading to sustained spread around florida, especially given the fact that dengue fer and is far worse has never taken root in florida because we don't have the mosquitos. >> and this is veryi localized. >> it's not a big surprise that it's finally here. we expected to be at a bigger number and mucherier time. they're all localize

the cdc found almost 80% of pools and splash pads had at least one violation. the most common? improper ph levels, followed by improper safety equipment. and it showed one in eight public pools were immediately closed because of serious health and safety violations. >> an example would be not enough disinfectant or chlorine in the water. in this situation, germs could spread among swimmers. >> reporter: she says at every pool, especially where youngsters are swimming, rule number one is no number two. >> they're little kids. sometimes their bathroom habits aren't the same as adults. a lot of contaminants can be introduced into the water from kids. >> reporter: adults can bring germs into the water in ways they can't expect. >> just because it's a pair of shorts doesn't mean it's a swim suit. we want you to change out of those and get in a swim suit before you get in the pool. >> reporter: one of the biggest problem areas is where kids play. so the cdc says parents want to be extra captioning funded by cbs >>> it's friday, july 1st, 2016. this is the "cbs morning news." >>> conf

and her family. >> the cdc is urging doctors nationwide to be on higher alert for the zika virus. doctors are being advised to ask all pregnant women whether they have been infected with zika at every checkup. so far all pregnancies affected by zika in the u.s. have been related to travel. but officials fear that it will start showing up in the u.s. >>> a long-time giant from the dot com boom, yahoo has fallen, sold to verizon for $4.8 billion, is worth a fraction of what it was during its heyday. the glamorous executive investors hoped could save the company. >> reporter: the internet pioneer that yodled it's way to the top, now sold to a phone company, verizon. ceo marissa mayer attempted a attempted a turnaround now over. >> you don't look at this as a failure? >> i don't, not at all. it's really hard to build a business, it's really hard to take a company that was so predominant at a moment in time, yahoo was coming to change the world. >> reporter: four years ago, a 37-year-old mayer was brought in to do what many thought was impossible, save yahoo. she spent billions acquiri

the appeal from the cdc for all pregnant women. erika: a medical breakthrough in boston from doctors who normally help people. the treatment for this pup that cindy: the heat wave is over. although we do have another hot day on the way. the cool down headed our way. and when the much-need rain erika: a medical breakthrough at brigham and women's hospital to save a dog. doctors used a special new type of medical glue on their very first patient. little papi had a mouth disease that caused a painful opening to form. three surgeries failed to fix it. his doctor at the mspca called brigham and women's for help. doctors there developed a glue to fill the hole. has been worth it. erika: the glue gives papi's cells something on which they can grow, then it dissolves. papi's owner says the treatment worked so well, he has the energy of a puppy again. randy: it could be the end of an era for boeing. erika: why the company may stop production of a popular model. a big catch on the new jersey coast. the teenager with one big fish erika: it's

the latest numbers from the cdc this week show more than 6400 cases of zika confirmed in the u.s. more than 850 of those cases are pregnant women. now that we're into mosquito season full swing, everyone, especially those who are insect repellant when they're out. that spraying on monday will happen between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. >>> the rain turned the a.m. commute into a soggy mess. this is what it looked like in brooklyn this morning. the flood prone area living up to its reputation. more rain is on the way. price this afternoon. >> good afternoon, everyone. it is not a dry weekend forecast. rain is back in the picture, but let's take a look at how much he got this morning. it was a soaker in many spots. we had over an inch of rain in central park, laguardia, and islip. some of the highest totals long island and new jersey. it's been dry throughout much of the day. we had nice sunshine by lunchtime. look at what's going on north and west of town. we have a few pop-up showers going on. now we're seeing a few showers and storms popping up because of that daytime heating. when y

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the cdc said the virus is not likely to spread at the games. >>> here is a video of the russian olympic team prepared to board a charter flight to brazil yesterday. the athletes are taking picture with each other as they waited at the airport controversy has surrounded the russian delegation since dozens of their track and field athletes were banned from competing over doping allegations. >>> hillary clinton made a surprise appearance last night at the democratic convention ahead of her big speech tonight. still to come, the latest as the final day of the convention gets underway live from philadelphia. >>> there is more fallout in the brock turner sexual assault case. the new group presenting a position to remove judge aaron persky. >>> we are looking at a deadly crash on 880 in oakland. we're also looking at the other east bay freeways were traffic is waking up and getting a little bit busy. >>> in weather, the fog is up and moving around to the coast and bay. that will close off as we head toward the weekend. today we are talking about triple digits. we will talk about the cooling tr

what the cdc says is these have been used in florida. the epa says these can be safe if used correctly. so this is the argument going on right now. >> so clearly the president and others are urging congress to pass funding for a zika vaccine? there are many in this fight against zika. it also cautions that a vaccine could be decades off. >> that's right. and so right now, the white house actually just had a call trying to urge congress to pass a bipartisan bill before they go into their seven-week recess next week. there is this complete gridlock right now over how to fund this evident against zika. the white house is saying this is going to hamper efforts to move vaccine development to the next stage of trials. we're already there with some early phases of clinical trials, and potentially starting this fall. but they're saying there will be a delay if there's not more funding. >> i think you started to say, or maybe you finished saying it, has there been an increase in the number of cases of microcephaly that have appeared in puerto ric

previous cases have all been caused to travel to infected areas but the cdc says this small outbreak happened in an area in downtown miami. >>> hill hi tary clinton trying keep the momentum going. she's campaigning in pennsylvania and ohio this weekend. donald trump got a big boost. at the time, clinton had 45%. can hillary clinton expect to have better poll numbers after the dnc? david hill is here, with roll call. will hillary clinton get the same bounce that trump got after the rnc? >> there's one set of numbers that shows her getting a 10 percentage point bounce. there are going to be other polls coming out in the days ahead. it is generally the case that the optimistic college al message she went with in philadelphia does better with voters than the sort of pessimistic negative message donald trump decided to go with in cleveland. as we've said so many times when we visited over the past year, the conventional wisdom maybe it's working again. >> what is working for hillary at this point, david? >> the thing that is working for her is it was patriotic, uplifting. she also seems t

. >>> back now with the alarming news from the cdc. the numbers of cancers related to the hpv virus have dramatically increased including cancers of the cervix, head and neck. but health officials say these cancers can be prevented with a vaccine given to preteens. nbc's anne thompson with more on a new call from doctors to get kids vaccinated. >> reporter: linda ryan is battling cancer again. this mom's third bout with cervical cancer linked to hpv. >> if i had had the vaccination, i wouldn't be going through what i'm going through now. >> reporter: today's report from the cdc says that the number of hpv cancers increased to almost 39,000 a year from 2008 to 2012, a 17% jump. and it says hpv vaccines could have prevented the vast majority. hpv is the most common sexually transmitted disease in the u.s. one reason many parents have resisted vaccinating their children. >> the goal of the hpv vaccine is to give it before the kid is exposed, long before you're probably even having some of those discussions that they're worried about. >> r

it's prompted the cdc to update it's advice in a report issued today. the cdc now recommends pregnant women to use protection if their partner has traveled to a zika infected region. whether her partner is a fail -- male or female. the new york woman was not preg nantd. >>> well the weekend is here and we all want to check in and see what we can expect from our weather forecast. brittany standing by. what can you tell us? >> we're actually going to start to cool down as we head into the weekend so lots of temperatures in the triple digits in the locations and that's all going to change as we get into your saturday and especially sunday -- sunday heading into next week. so the schooling -- cooling strend -- trend is already started fog and clouds moving in as we head into the rest of tonight. so you'll wake up to foggy conditions and we'll see a lot of sunshine as we head into tomorrow afternoon. but a closer look at what's in store for us as we go into the rest of tonight. foggy conditions and cooler. cooler temperatures for the entire air yarks especia

well, see cdc would come back here for the same alterations. would you deny it today to my clients would be legal to give it to see cdc or other nonprofit when they can back to you later if they were to buy it? i just don't think so. we believe the dr would be filed anyway because some people aren't happy about the physical book will be. it would-i will talk a little bit more about some suggestions for units when i time later. i hope you'll give me the time. thank you. >> thank you. dr requester, you of a two-minute rebuttal. any speakers in support. i'm sorry. any speakers in support of the project sponsor? that are not part of the project team . they're not a part of the project team. >> good evening commissioners are my name is anthony lee, reading a letter written by my cousin sarah. sarah is one of the family members that were living in the building at the time. she is 76 years old. and a longtime resident of san francisco. my name is sara. the reason i'm here today is to support the renovation. i am not one of the owners and i've never be

although the cdc says we could see more. we have this mosquito mostly in the southern warmer ta eer stat. as for the work going into zika, there are a lot of companies working on this. gilead is working on a potential drug to treat it. of course intrexon is working on a way of controlling the mosquitos that transit zika. people say that's the nearest term way to make headway here. of course, the company probably seeing one o f the biggest impacts is sc johnson, it makes off. we took a look at the cruise companies because these have a lot of business where zika is spreading. i checked out the latest tenqs. quarterly filings. no mention of zi kai in them. whether we'll see those in the future is another question. >> thank you very much. steve grasso, you're concerned. the story should have everybody concerned, but from a "fast money" angle, you're concerned about travel. >> they just nailed it on the cruise line. rcl, both down on the year. this is huge for them. caribbean, latin american, but if you look at jet blue already w

the cdc says the infections were from mosquito bites. all this happening just north of downtown miami. and now the state's responding to try to stop it obviously from spreading. cnn's nick valencia joining us from miami. how are they responding, nick, in the sense of trying to protect women who are pregnant, specifically there, because i have to think they feel very vulnerable right now? >> that's certainly the concern. but you would be surprised that there are some people we have spoken to in this area this morning that had no idea about the local transmission of the zika virus here. having said that, they are tourists. this has been a concerted effort by the local department health officials here to get this out via text message, phone call, radio, news, they want to make sure people know they are aware in this neighborhood. the good news in all of this the department health officials have taken necessary precautions in the weeks leading up to the announcement by the governor. things like trying to trap mosquitos, getting rid of standi

the cdc not limiting travel to miami right now. is that a responsible move? >> i think it's a responsible move. this is not a widespread outbreak across miami. it's limited to one area. but it says we have the conditions in many parts of america where zika can spread from local mosquitoes. so, people have to take this seriously. and all travelers have to understand that this can occur. >> for those in miami and everyone concerned, how can we protect ourselves? >> the big focus is on protecting pregnant women. if you've traveled overseas and have come back, use a repellent for three weeks. if you live there, get rid of free-standing water, and repair those screens, and make sure to not be the one to spread it to someone who's pregnant, where you can do a lot of harm. >>> we move on to the race for the white house. tonight, the general election is officially under way. hillary clinton versus donald trump. one of them will be the next president of the united states. and last night, the democratic convention finished big, with fireworks and balloons. a celebratio

a latin american country, the cdc would put in a travel advisory. that's because the first cases in latin american countries have led to widespread disease. they don't expect widespread disease in miami. they can keep zika contained. >> once something starts, we nip it in the bud. >> reporter: still, for some who live nearby, the worry is constant. >> to think that it's literally a block away. that i could just be walking into it, that bothers me. >> reporter: raisa is expecting her first child and knows she's at risk. zika symptoms are mild in most. but can cause severe birth defects. >> i douse myself in repellant. i carry it in my purse. i have one at my office, at home. >> reporter: she knows her worriewo soon. >> i'm pretty sure that that's going to be my mentally through the entire pregnancy. i have a feeling that until november, i'll be on high-alert-type mode. >> reporter: the cdc is keeping watch on this situation here in florida and say they could change the travel advisory if the situation is warranted. dan and paula? >> eva, thank you. a

it's just north of downtown. >> the cdc says the area was thoroughly sprayed. here in new york city, meanwhile, that type of mosquito hasn't been found. instead, a cousin, which theoretically could zika but hasn't. >> and because of that theoretical possibility, the city been leaning forward very early on with aggressive measures to protect new yorkers. >> but here's the real concern. another alert from the cdc today, what they're calling a zika ohm demonstratic now -- ohm ohm epidemic in puerto rico. positive zika test results have jumped from 14 to 64% in just 4 airport, we spoke to miami bound passengers today. >> i'm >> reporter: kirsten fury says she's at a 7 out of 10 on the worry scale. still. >> i didn't do anything differently. i live in sunnyside queens. >> reporter: now florida's governor is urging people to obviously take preventative measures, keep them in mind. also, the fda many several blood in florida today as they investigate. they are aggressively testing people in that very small area down there. it's only about one square mile. live outside

the cdc has a working for months on thanks. will we both did is we took money from other accounts that we would normally be spending on of the important things and we put into our zika activity so we would not slow down with the cdc is doing and not slow down vexing bellman. we are getting to the point very soon will run out of the money we borrowed from ourselves. we really need the money right away. how we get that, what congress does, i can't speak to that. emphasize -- can emphasize we need the money. what the fda has done is quite prudent. i do know what the politics, given the local transmitted cases, with the fda said is ultimately we want to test the blood the way we test for other things to keep the blood supply safe. it will take us a little while to implement the testing. in order to be really safe and to not take any chances in the two areas where there is local transmission, they are closing down and not accepting blood donations so that you cannot contaminate but as soon as they get the implementation of the mecha

>> right now the recommendations from the cdc not that there would be travel guidance. this is something that is being evaluated literally every single day to see if any of the conditions change to indicate that there is going to become more broadly disseminated. is the cdc would issue the travel. >> the continuation of the sus stunning of the spread in the presence of what we hope would have been good vector control. you still see cases coming up that's where you pull the strigger for doing the travel alert for pregnant women. >> dickerson: what is not being done right now in dealing with this? is there anything that is not being done because of congressional funding or lack of will? >> well, i wouldn't say lack of will. the issues as you know, the president asked for 1.9 billion dollars in february not only for things that we do at nih with vaccine but thing that the cdc does working with the state and local health authorities for vector control and few other things. we're going to rapidly run out of money if we don't get it real soon because we're stretching it, borr

today, the cdc announced the first known case of female to male transmission. a health department official in new york cityll entirely unexpected one. >> we continue to learn more and more about this virus every day. and while the vast majority of people who are infected with zika do fine, the most concerning consequences are for pregnant women and developing fetuses. >> the cdc is advising everyone to use protection if their partner has traveled to a zika affected area. >> all this week we've been reporting on medical safety. today, we're looking at the massive amounts of medical websites. there are a lot out there and it's hard to know if they are legitimate. doreen is joining us with what you want to know about. >> wendy, it can be confusing. you can make more informed choices when it comes to your personal health care. you can learn a lot on the internet but you have to be careful about the source of that information becauseot wants to tell you their product. choosing wisely is a web side created by a physicians group created by solid information by doctors

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the cdc works 24/7 to protect from threats we use the best of. modern science. it's both unprecedented and tragic.th never before have we know that a situation when a single mosquito bite could result in a devastating effect. at the top priority in the responsresponses to protect pret women.re we are literally learning more about it every day and in the six months of the respond, we have learned and done a numberot of things to protect americans better and we wish we had a more rapid and robust support for funding to do it even more and i will go through those veryry quickly.inarily first, the response is extraordinarily complex. we have almost every center involved with more than a thousand of the top scientist is this involves the birth defect center out of control work, the laboratory work, obstetrical work information on transmission mosquito control, laboratory production to identify the best method of each community to protect pregnant women. second, it is now definitive that zika causes both microcephaly and other severe birth defects and that it does so

if these were the first cases in a latin american country, the cdc would put in a travel advisory. that's because the first cases in latin american countries have led to widespread disease. they don't expect widespread >> reporter: dr. richard besser, abc's chief health and medical editor, believes pregnant women should take health precautions traveling to miami. >> if you are avoid those parts of miami until it's sorted out, that's not a bad idea. >> reporter: the cdc says intense mosquito control are ongoing and adds, if we see evidence of transmission recommendations. literally a day by day-to-day decision. still, expecting their second child any day now, they would not take the chance traveling to florida. >> i will not travel being pregnant and taking the risk. it's not worth it. just wait nine months and then we will travel. >> it worries me. >> reporter: samantha and tony still plan on traveling. >> i will still go. i am actually going at the end of the month. >> i wouldn't want it to hinder what i want to do. >> reporter: you take the precaution? >> absolutely. a lot of bug

the cdc released statements a we anticipate there could be additional cases of homegrown zika in the coming weeks. our top priority is to protect pregnant women from potentially devastating harm caused by the virus. officials are quick to point out the secretly that's a one square mile area near miami. >> mosquitoes are not migratory. they will not pick up from broward county and moved to orlando. they don't fly well or far. >> the cdc says there's no points for leading travel the researchers are working on a vaccine that they warn it will not be ready for dissolution until 2018 at the earliest. as of this week the number of cases in san francisco stands at eight. all who tested positive here contracted it while traveling outside the us. the first case was reported on march 3 followed by a second case on april 22. three more cases reported on july 15 and two more last week with yesterday's announcement being the most recent department -- helped from is not providing details to protect their privacy. >>> the race for the white house donald trump is once again on the offensive. after a

this comes as the cdc is planning to distribute $60 million to states and territories to help fight zika virus. the money will be released next month, intended first to be used for mosquito control and monitoring new signs of the virus. zika virus has been linked to a serious birth defect. >>> west nile virus has officials in contracounty worried. they confirmed two different groups of mosquitoes tested positive for the virus. more than 40 dead birds have turned up around the bay area, all confirmed infected with the west nile virus. there are now twice as many positive samples as this time last year. >> in california, there are some areas where west nile virus is really quite active. >> officials are urging people to use mosquito repellent to protect themselves from the deadly virus. the last time that somebody died from west nile in the bay area was a decade ago in 2006. >>> a warning for bart riders on weekends over the next few months. they will start service along the daly city station and san francisco glenn park station. it begins next saturday and last until october 16th. that in