>>> on ominous warning from the
says the zika virus is spreading
explosively through the western
hemisphere hemisphere.
it is carried through mosquitos
and can make healthy people sick
with fever and rash and for
pregnant women, could lead to
miscarriage or severe birth
defects, ten cases already this
month come from people who
travelled to caribbean or latin
america.
we spoke to dr. jon lapook.
>> we now have over 4,000
suspected cases of babies born
with brain defects in brazil,
the question everyone is asking
is could this effect the united states.
>> we do not believe that there
will be a major outbreak of zika
in the united states, we don't
want to be cavalier about it.
we want to take it very
seriously but if zika acts like
the other types of viruses that
had experience with, we will see
little mini outbreaks like in