what is the latest from the cvc? >> good evening, julie. >> reporter: they issued a doctors and hospitals to be on the lockout for the measles. it started in disneyland in california. and spread to seven states and mexico. the cases confirmed to be linked to disneyland but there are more cases of measles out there. 15 percent of the patients linked to the disneyland outbreak have been hospitalized and six people did and contracted the mesles anyway. and 95 percent of the population, the vaccine lasts a lifetime. >> the single dose of the vaccine is 95 percent effective because it is not 100 percent. a second dose is recommended and typically, it is given after the age of four years. >> reporter: if you don't know you are vaccinated and if your doesn't know. you can get a lab test to see if you are immune to the measles. >> are doctors and hospitals prepared for the outbreak. >> reporter: the cvc are concerned that younger doctors may not be correctly diagnosing the measles. health officials thought mesles was elimina

the cvc hears you and the world and america hears you. that is why our theme is so important. the black church matters. black america in its totality matters. in 2015 they are still fighting. we are still fighting generations of indifference on the part of those in power. the statistics tell the story. 25% of black households 25% of black house holes live below the poverty line compared to 8% for white households. out of three black children our children lives in poverty. african-americans are twice as likely as whites to be unemployed. african-americans earn $13,000 less per year than their white counterparts. the unemployment rate has been twice as high as for whites. over the last 50 years. every $100 in wealth of a white household, the black household only has $6 in wealth. what is this? what is this if it's not an emergency? america is not working for many african-americans and we as the congressional black caucus have an obligation. we talk about it all the time and have an obligation to fight harder and smarter and help repair the damage. so my leadership will be influe

. >> and a new warning from the cvc about the flu. the agency releasing grim new numbers and showed that the illness reached epidemic porportions. it is blamed for the deaths of 15 kids so far. more are expected including a four-year-old in texas and a three-year-old who was laid to rest yesterday. she died less than 72 hours after first showing symptoms. the doctor from john hopkins. thank you so much the flu normally roaches a level of epidemic but this year it seemed to have peaked early? >> it locks like the conjectory for the flu is similar to previous years. and cvc officials issued a notice that it could be a severe. we have three more months of the flu season until april. the common strain this year mutated after the vaccine was created. and that means, the flu shot is probably less effective than in previous years. >> probably less effective and your fellow folks in the medical community is reporting. should you bother getting it? >> i think so. and we don't track flu deaths and adults. if they have a disability and chronic m

centers for disease control saying that the flu season is an epidemic and spreading to 36 states and the cvcyone to the get a flu shot to get one when they can. indiana had 36 dates and north carolina 17 and washington state seven. doctors warn that if you get the flu shot it may not work. >> a lot of people got flu shot and mist and getting sec. maybe not as sick. but we run out of the tami flu. >> what should you expect? the doctor what do you do? you get the shot and try to avoid people and sometimes you can't boat the flu. >> it is true. the vaccine is essentially teaching your body how to recognize the flu virus yourself. taking a kid to the zoo they may recognize the tiger and elephant because they saw a picture of. it that's what the vaccine is. the the forecast was not right in terms of which viruss are circ outing and the problem is, one strain that seems to be affecting the folks was mist. and the vaccine is protecting you. and if your immune system recognizes the strain of the flu, the vaccine is protective. >> so what you are saying can the flu mutate and change from the vaccine

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