doctor anthony costello - a world renowned expert on maternal, newborn and child health -- says even though complications from zika virus are relatively mild -- it can be devastating to families. 56-1:12 dr. anthony costello/ who expert "the potential for spread not just across latin america but into africa, into asia which have the highest birth rates in the world, we believe is a matter of public health concern and constitutes an international emergency." organization declared the zika virus an international public health emergency on monday. this is only the fourth time the organization has declared a global health emergency. it's a case that's sparked outrage - a pharmaceutical company raising the prices of a life-saving drug by five- thousand percent. the company ended up firing c-e-o martin shkreli in december. he's now set to testify before congress later this week. today - the house oversight and government reform comittee released thousands of documents -- emails between shkreli and his staff -- offering some insight into what they were thinking. in one e-mail - shkreli wrot

(s/ anthony costello/who :31) "zika virus is in a (s/ anthony costello/who :31) "zika virus is in a family of viruses, which includes dengue fever, which is a well known virus that has epidemics all over the world. we've been working on a vaccine for dengue for 15 years and we still don't have a vaccine. the w-h-o declared the zika spread a health emergency around the world yesterday. it predicts more than four-million people will get the virus this year. a train carrying liquid propane went off the tracks and caught on fire. this happened monday night in ohio, outside of akron. hazmat crews and as many as 15 fire departments worked together to put the fire out. fire officials say 500 people who lived by the fire were asked to evacuate, but they are now back in their homes. the e-p-a is investigating. and a big fire destroyed a histroic building in downtown fresno. the fire happened around five yesterday afternoon home. that house was built around 1900 and was on the national registry of historic places. nobody was inside the house when the fire started and nobody was hurt fighting the fir

anthony costello says there is a link between zika and babies born with micro encephly. >> clearly if someone is early in pregnancy, they may want to think again about going to an area where micro cases are and zika virus is thought to be common. >> costello says will is no guarantee the vaccine will be developed soon. southeast asian health authorities are also concerned. the ministry on tuesday latest case of the disease. ministry said the new case is a 22-year-old thai male. he was admitted to the hospital in bangkok in late january, with symptoms, including a fever and a rash. he was diagnosed as being infected with zika on monday. he seems to have acquired the virus in thailand, since he has not traveled overseas recently. the ministry says the country's first zeika case was in 2012, ad five to six cases have been reported every year since then. it asked the public not to panic. none of the cases have led to serious out breaks. the thai government is beefing up its measures. denghai fever, which carries the zika virus. >>> japan's government is stepping up to the plate to help sy

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the world health organization's anthony costello announced the latest steps. >> we have set up a global response unit, which brings together all people across who in headquarters in the regions to deal with a formal response to using all of the lessons we have learned from the ebola crisis. the final results from the iowa democratic caucus show hillary clinton beating vermont senator bernie sanders by just .2% with 49.8% of the vote, compared to 49.6 for sanders. but sanders swept the vote among young democratic voters, with 84% of people between ages 17 and 29 choosing sanders versus 14% for clinton. the candidates are now pressing ahead to next tuesday's primary in new hampshire, where sanders holds a double-digit lead in statewide polls. activists around the world have kicked off a series of protests over the signing of the trans-pacific partnership trade deal in new zealand, due to take place just hours from now. the tpp encompasses 12 pacific rim nations, including the united states and 40% of the world's economy. opponents say it will benefit corporations at the expense of health,