. >> dr. fauci? >> the nih is part of a multiagency approach towards the addressing of the problem of anti-microbial resistance which comes from -- right from the top, actually, from the white house which had an executive order and a combatting antimicrobial resistant bacteria, or carb, initiative of which the nih is a major part. the cdc is involved in surveillance and detection and providing the guidelines for the use of antibiotics. the nih component is the research component of that and in that regard we're responsible for determining at the molecular level the basis of the emergence of resistance, number one. number two, to do early screening for new types of antibiotics. there has been recently the tech sew back trin antibiotic which is a soil antibiotic which is going to open up the door to a whole new class of antibiotics that are not have any resistance to gram-positive microorganisms, particularly methicillin resistant staff aureus. we have a clinical network that we've built years ago for

dr. fauci, good morning. >> good morning. >> doctor, one of the things we've seen, there were these strong indicators early on that zika could be causing microcephaly. but now this new study, there hadn't been a link before. this new study seems to show a link between zika and several different birth defects, and that the fetus could be affected throughout virtually every stage of pregnancy. to you, what is the real >> well, the headline is that the definitive way you show that there is a causetive relationship -- we know there's a temporal and geographical relationship between women who are infected with zika and these congenital abnormalityiesabnormalities, particularly but not specifically microcephaly. you do cohort studies where you look at zika-infected women who are pregnant and zika-noninfected women who are pregnant and look at the outcome. the study that came out yesterday in the "new england journal of medicine" shows that there's an alarmingly high percentage of women who are infect

dr. anthony fauci with the nih. dr. fauci, thanks, as always. >> good to be with you. >>> sheinelle isher health story where doctors are trying to learn more about a deadly infection. >> yeah, a mysterious outbreak may be the cause of 18 deaths in this morning investigators are searching for answers. the elizabethkingia bacteria has infected at least 44 past four months. it causes a rare blood disease. people over the age of 65 are at greatest risk. officials with the centers for >>> a new approach is turning conventional wisdom on its head and could be the answer to peanut allergies. children at risk for peanuts who are intentionally fed peanuts from the age of 4 months until age 5 often became r years parents have been told to keep high-risk kids away from peanuts. allergic reactions could be severe, even deadly. researchers also find this work on other foods like eggs, yogurt, sesame and white fish. >>> country singer joey feek has died. her husband and musical partner,gged friday afternoon, saying "her pain has cease

all i would just say is, dr. fauci, if -- one i want to make sure that any vaccine that we deal with for zika is going to be available and affordable for people, this is the reasonable terms issue but secondly i would offer my view i think it's critical for us to deal with a supplemental emergency resources in order to address this issue and this problem. you are right, i will tell you that we are now sending blood products to puerto rico in response to a zika outbreak. what happens when we are looking at a baghdad supply that is potentially going to be difficult or people are not going to understand the safety of a blood supply with regard to zika and what kind of problems that will cause here in the u.s. and let me tell you, american women are not going -- they are going to be outraged if we are not doing something about them and about their ability to be pregnant and bring a child to term. so thank you for the great work you're doing in this area. i have another question but that's okay. [ laughter ] >> i'm not sure

all i would just say is, dr. fauci, if -- one i want to make sure that any vaccine that we deal with for zika is going to be available and affordable for people. this is the reasonable terms issue. but secondly, i would just offer my view. i think it's critical for us to deal with a supplemental emergency resources in order to address this issue and this problem. you are right, i will tell you that we are now sending blood products to puerto rico in response to a zika outbreak. what happens when we are looking at a blood sip supply that is potentially going to be difficult or people are not going to understand the safety of a blood supply with regard to zika and what kind of problems that will cause here in the u.s. and let me tell you, american women are not going -- they are going to be outraged if we are not doing something about them and about their ability to be pregnant and bring a child to term. so thank you for the great work you're doing in this area. i have another question but that's okay. [ laughter ] >> i'

dr. anthony fauci, the director of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases appeared on the "today" show. he says that we're on the fast track for a possible vaccine. >>> new details on a man who landed his gyrocopter outside the capitol last spring. prosecutors say now douglas hughes was seconds away from potentially colliding with a reagan airport. hughes agreed to plead -- to a plea deal in november. he'll be sentenced in april. prosecutors are asking for ten months in prison. they say hughes could have killed countless people if he collided with the jet. >>> imagine getting a warning about a tornado weeks in advance. well, researchers say it's possible and they're getting closeer to making that happen. an illinois meteorology professor found a link between tornadic activity in the u.s. and complicated atmospheric wave patterns. he used the link to predict tornado activity. the system could help forecasters predict the likelihood of a twister two or even three weeks in advance. >>> pretty interesting study there. here are your weather headlines. as we move into the ev

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. >> dr. fauci? >> thank you very much for that question. there is something that congress can do. the president asked for a $1.8 billion supplement to enable us can understand the nih, cdc, fda and others, variety of other agencies, but we really do need that money because right now i've already started a major program in zika be searched, particularly with the develop of a zika vaccine their undoing that with no new funds. that's not going to last very long because in order to prepare for the next phase of studies, the efficacy studies of the vaccine we plan to go into the phase one trials, by the end of the summer, early fall. we could not take it beyond that if we do not have the money. we really do need it both us and the cdc. >> now come to the gentlelady from alabama for any questions she cares to post. >> thank you, mr. chairman. dr. collins come as a mother of two young children, i'm very interested in the health of the information of this is what it's come to my attention that nih has been decimated 1.5 billion on national children's study since 2000. this effort was halt

i look forward to hearing from dr. fauci about the current status of ebola vaccine candidates as well as progress on moving a vaccine candidates towards clinical trials. some of my colleagues have expressed a desire to shift an obligate funds that congress provided for ebola to respond to zika. i strongly oppose that idea. i would be anxious to do what activities would have to forgo if we shift funds away from ebola to zika. we need to be able to respond to multiple public health threats at the same time. which is why in this congress and the last congress by proposed funding a public health emergency fund that mirrors a disaster relief fund which would enable the federal government to immediately respond to public health threats. i would also urge the nih to use its statutory authority to respond to the rising cost of prescription drugs. as you know when taxpayer funded the research results in a truck packed in an age may require a patent holder to license the resulting intellectual property to third parties. resulting in c

and you were quoted about commonsense they're sort of a little bit of a disparate between you and dr. faucito him in the actual but you seem to think that helicopter money will happen if the things that in the next five to 10 years under want to know more -- >> certainly the u.s. would not be at the top or even in the middle, probably closer to the bottom of my list but our 182 country in the world, given the level of specificity of my answer, i am confident. and i will say from own blogger peace him as i said in the article there are different flavors of helicopter money, and i think more likely is what i call in the quote in the piece disguised helicopter money. the milton friedman case as you announce on january 3 the government is going to issue a huge amount of debt and it's going to place a private with the central bank which will extinguish it and essentially promised never to raise taxes and then the issue is how much inflation do you get. we may not see that we may see it come a close cousin of that, which is essentially given the big fiscal program, say you are doing continent tha

lastly, my friend dr. fauci, the zika vaccine. this.w the seriousness of i wonder if there are any seconds left whether the zika vaccine which all come from mosquitoes, same areas, will certainly have been effective on that. >> thank you for the question. oneave a vaccine for it, that has been approved in mexico and the philippines and brazil. it is not as effective as we would have liked it. it is 67% effective. the nih started a phase three trial in brazil in association with the institute. we have a phase one good vaccine that is safe and that induces a good response. we have had trouble, with the don't think will add more trouble coming getting pharmaceutical partners to come in with us to the advanced development. i think the zika outbreak has shook the cages because we are having pharmaceutical partners were interested. , that isly,zika the advantage we have. although there are always challenges in the development of a vaccine, we desperately need a zika vaccine fundamentally to protect pregnant women. those of the most hono

frieden and dr. fauci and representatives of usaid in committee a few weeks ago. as we're looking at zika and as we are gathering information, i know the president's requested $1.8 billion. one thing as a physician we know and very much so are recommending, if you're pregnant, if you're of reproductive age, to take all precautions. obviously the one thing that we do know is making access to full family planning services available in areas where we know there's endemic zika. and within usaid's purview, within the $1.8 billion request, the one thing is empowering women of child bearing age to have full family planning support services, whether that's birth control. we're seeing increases cases of sexually transmitted zika virus as well. so i'd be curious and i would want to make sure that we are providing the full resources in these endemic countries. >> we are doing an enormous amount, congressman. and i really appreciate the expertise you bring as a physician and your concern about this. the president is extremely focused on the zika virus challenge. the white hou