finally, offering those diagnostics at affordable prices. been hard at work at qwest in delivering all of those aspects of what we need to do in this industry. do you trust their results as they stand or do you believe the fda needs to get involved? >> the fda is looking at what they need to do to potentially regulate our industry. sharedndustry, we have publicly that we do not believe they have the regulatory authority to regulate laboratories. we are trying to understand how this dialogue will continue with the fda, but we are regulated by an organization that provides oversight to laboratories. betty: thank you so much. ♪ we live in a pick and choose world. choose, choose, choose. but at bedtime? ...why settle for this? enter sleep number, and the lowest prices of the season. sleepiq technology tells you how well you slept and what adjustments you can make. you like the bed soft. he's more hardcore. so your sleep goes from good to great to wow! only at a sleep number store... find the lowest prices of the season, going on now. save $600 o

in the nadeau lab at stanford university, researchers are developing a novel technique called a diagnostic allergy test or dat that can screen anyone including newborns for over 90 potential allergens--all from two drops of blood. >> so what makes the dat test superior to the standard blood test? >> the test tells you what you're allergic to, how severe the allergy is, and whether or not you're allergic to other things. >> this breakthrough diagnostic allergy test uses a technique where blood cells are mixed with up to 96 known allergens like bee venom, animal dander, and various foods. >> this is the flow cytometer machine, this is called a cytec. >> experiments done on this machine show researchers how blood cells react to a specific allergen. >> cells express proteins, you can take antibodies that recognize those proteins, they latch on the cell surface and those antibodies have little colors associated with them. you can actually detect those colors. when you want to know whether or not you're allergic to bee stings and whether or not that bee sting can cause anaphylaxis in you, that's

. >> brangham: silberman argues it was this broadened definition of autism, coupled with better diagnostic tools and better public education, that explains the dramatic rise in the number of diagnosed cases, not the repeatedly-debunked theory that vaccines cause autism. in your book, you argue that we should think of autism as a disability, but don't we already think of it in that way? >> i think we tend to think of autism not only as a disease but as a historical aberration. so if it's not vaccines, it's wifi or it's pesticides or it's antidepressants in the water supply. it's some factor in the toxic modern world. but once we realize that autism and autistic people have always been part of the human community. that there were always autistic people there, but they were hidden away either behind the walls of institutions or behind other diagnostic labels, not getting the help that they need. we understand that autism is a very, very common disability as hans asperger believed. it's not some rare form of childhood psychosis caused by parenting as leo kanner believed. and because we thought

from parents, students, teachers and coaches and to provide education about concussion as well as diagnostic and initial screening questions to help student athletes. this newsmaker will refer to a monitoring education and prevention program being funded by the d.c. department of health and will be implemented on the playgrounds of the d.c. parks and rec department. the will smith movie "concussion" documenting the life and times of pathologist dr. bennett amalo has returned attention to the issue of football and concussions. in fact, this morning on cbc sports, there's an item we just saw on the cable network about a youth sports cte injury, a young athlete names keck and the student had suffered from cte it was found. so it's not just nfl players. the movie noted that the first autopsy which helped identify cte in a pittsburgh football player indicated a player might be hit tens of thousands of times in the head by the time they go from pee-wee to youth to high school up until college and then onward to pro football. the actuarial shows they might suffer from brain trauma or injury. but we

call, then itir will be good to have that same transparency across all diagnostics.n you're in the middle of a crisis situation, it's hard to evaluate. that's right it's the media's job to dig in. when you have more fda right now there's a lot of distraction. know share data with pfizer. the ideas to incorporate all of this data into drug discovery. how is that going? >> i love it. i'm super excited about it. ,or people who have a need parkinson's or chronic fatigue or any autoimmune disease, if we can use this data to translate into something meaningful, that is a spectacular reward for our customers. >> what diseases are you focused on? >> we have a number of partnerships we are doing with a number of pharma companies. >> are you going to do human testing? >> pharma will react best if we can come to them with a target or a compound with some clinical background. some data of how that is functioning. there is a much higher likelihood of success if we can actually come with that level of information. >> you would do human testing? here, physically right but we reduce

topics they discussed included speeding up research on the virus and diagnostic testing for it... along with developing vaccines and therapeutics. a local university's president receives a national honor. why hollins university's president is one to watch in in tonight's education matters... hollins university students have more options when it comes to paying for college... thanks to university president nancy grey. during her time in office... grey increased the school's endowment... allowing it to offer more student aide. wsls10's christina craig has more. as the price of higher education rises, sophomore emma sala -- a theater major -- is grateful for her two scholarships. 8-17 "i couldn't come here if i didn't have my scholarships. i could not afford it. so the fact that i can come here at all, is because of president grey and it's amazing." a bachelors degree at 36-thousand- dollars a year. sala's scholarship pay for over half of her tuition. nats because over the last decade president nancy grey has made it her mission to increase the university's endowment. it's grown from

. >> we're developing vaccines, better diagnostics . >> prompting the cdc to warn pregnant women against trooflg 22 countries in the region. the zika virus causes a mild illness in most people but there is growing evidence linking it to a birth defect called microcephaly, babies born with abnormally small heads and brains. on friday, brazil's president dilma rousseff said, her country developed protocols. >> if the mosktd h mosquito kees breeding we are losing the battle against it. >> on friday the international olympic committee assured teams traveling there that the games would be safe from the virus. but it also urged visitors to protect themselves by using mosquito repellent and wearing long sleeved shirts and pants. >> we will do everything we can to assure the health of the retainedees. >> health officials are warning residents that certain areas have higher lead levels than filters can handle. rick snyder signed a $28 bill to help deal with the crisis. he hopes flint's water will be safe to drink soon. concerns about water safety in the rest of the u.s. elevated lead levels were

we have diagnostic equipment that got flooded. >> he estimates the damage between 60 to $80,000. officials say the break seems to be due to natural causes. >> we were able to shut it off and isolate it. >> the businesses are a nuisance, but not a problem. >> i am healthy and we are safe. anything like that. this is an accident. >> miami-dade sewer officials said the county will cover the cost due to damages on his property created by the water that nobody could have stopped. officials say in terms of the size of the water main, it's significant, but not the largest live in miami tonight, nbc 6 news. >> an elderly woman is recovering after a dog attack. her pet chihuahua did not survive the attack. >> the elderly couple feared for their lives as the woman was attacked here along the sidewalk just outside of her home as you mentioned. her chihuahua, 3-year-old, died after that dog attack. the husband so overwhelmedith emotion had a heart ax tack watching it happen. >> her wounds are deep. she was out on the daily morning two unleashed american bulldogs attacked. >> they basically d

to collect data and information from parents, teachers, and coaches, and provide information for diagnostic questions to help student athletes. this will refer to a monitoring and prevention program implemented on the playground of the d.c. parks and rec department. the will smith movie, "concussion," has returned attention to the issue of football and concussions. an item we just saw on the cable network about a sports injury, a young athlete, a student who suffer from cte it was found. it is not just nfl players. the movie noted the first autopsy, which helps identify, indicates the player may be hit tens of thousands of times in the head from high school up until college and onward to pro football. 28% of pro football players might suffer from brain injury. i will not limit the discussion to football. we are talking about injury across the board and a lot is going on not allowing headers in the early parts of young athletes careers. society is becoming aware of the issue and so is congress and this eighth. i will mention a few things that happened in the last few weeks on the hill and st

symptoms and if you do have symptoms they and red eyes but there is no treatment or vaccine and a diagnostic test is i'm perfect. it's transtmoui. . >>> the world health organizatio says the virus is spreading o civil in the americas and we could see up to four million cases over the next year. >>> well now that we're heading into the weekend evrd wants the kind of weather we had today to stick around and it is going to do that. so if you haven't made some outside plans it would really be a great idea too to do that. w have clear skies tonight, and that's going to result in a light freeze across much of the area by tomorrow morning, ra a moderate freeze in the mountains but with all day s tor again we're by sunday we'll be looking for mid-60s for the high across the upstate, no rain in the forecast for the weeke but showers chances do start to increase by very late sunday night going into early monday morning. so the week ends overall looking very nice for us across the region. high pressure centered just off to our north. the front has helped the winds to be gusty during some parts of the d

and we got diagnostic equipment that got understooded. >> what a nate mayor. crews are expected to be so site until this afternoon. so far, we understand water service has not been fected. >>> this morning, police are looking foror the man who stole a car with a child still in the back seat. we know that little girl is now safe with her mom and dad. but plus twant to find thatat car. >> a black kia optima speeds out of a coral springs gas station. police say a 6-year-old girl was inside the stolen car. seconds later, you see the girl's stepfather runnng after the vehicle. of te vehicle. ultimately, he was unsuccessful d the vehicle continued northbound on wodside drive. >> also caught on camera, the moments leading up to the theft. the man is wearing a blue shirt and what looks like a red cap. he walks towards the back of the car, ducks down and makes his way to the driver's seat. >> the car wasn't running, but he let me tell the remote key fob. >> nearly three miles away, someone jogging spotted the 6-year-old girl crying on the side of the road the. >> when

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educate doctors on this latest discovery about ebola's aggressive persistence and donate much needed diagnostic equipment. he is also using his personal experience to teach medical approaches here in the u.s. about the ongoing effects of ebola. last month he returned to his university school of medicine where researchers are walking on annie bowl avaccine. he-- an ebola vaccine. he talked to crowds where he was treated like a returning hero. >> he halls a talent for brother-in-lawing the-- bridging the gap in being a patient and being a doctor. >> reporter: his mentor was in the audience >> he can bring those two worlds together and make the illness itself vivid to the doctors who are listening to him. that, of course, will make all of us better doctors should we be in the position of having to care for annie bowl apatient future. >> i have an opportunity, as i speak these days, to unpack a very compelling scientific and medical story and to call attention to the emerging need to take care of these 15 or 16,000 survivors. he knows his journey is far from over, given the uncertainty of ebola. he

if that is the call they are making, it will be good to have that same transparency across all diagnostics you are in a crisis, it's hard to ever evaluate. that is why it is the media's job -- you guys are all digging in. when you are executing and you have more fda approvals, the things will speak to the reality. right now, there is a lot of discussion. emily: let's talk about the future 23andme. you know share data with pfizer. the goal is to incorporate this into drug discovery. how is the drug invention program going? anne: i love it. i am excited about it. for people who have a disease, with an unmet need -- parkinson's is obviously one. any of these autoimmune diseases, if we can use this data to translate that into something meaningful, that's a spectacular reward for our customers. emily: what diseases are you focused on? i know you are doing a lot of work on lupus. anne: we are working on lupus with pfizer. we have a number of partnerships that we are doing with pharma companies. lupus and inflammatory bowel disease and parkinson's, we are about to launch a few others. emily: are

indeed, so many people generating so much diagnostic data may sound like a prescription for a lot of diagnoses-- unneeded anxiety or even an epidemic of hypochondria. >> there is such a thing as too much data if you can't deal with the data. if you don't have software that will help you interpret the data in a smart and reliable way, or if you get overwhelmed and frustrated and you don't know how to pick it out of the big "needle in a haystack" sort of data pile that's building up on your phone, then it's too much data. but it's sort of up to you and how much you can handle. >> reporter: but a giant cloud of real-time data-- really big data-- aggregated, analyzed and compared with artificial intelligence, could lead to stunning breakthroughs in preventive medicine. >> we can figure out, "what does this mean?" and how has the signal been correlated with other things that have happened among a broader set of people. someday, could you get an early alert about an impending heart event? yes, i believe you can. i believe you will. >> reporter: there may be rough spots and silliness along

gm says it did offer to pay for a diagnostic service. but sandra claims she declined the service because gm did not offer to pay. in response to nbc news's questions, gm has acknowledged that some of its customers have been reporting stalling problems in their recalled cars after getting the ignition switch repaired. gm says it's very concerned about these reports. it told nbc news its engineers have thoroughly inspected about 50 other such vehicles but have found no connection between ignition switch repairs and stalling incidents. sandra lordy's cobalt model is on a consumer safety watch list that gathers raw government data about vehicle incidents nationwide and analyzes it for trends in death and injury claims. for the most recent year of data gm vehicles are well represented on that list. in the aftermath of the ignition switch recall, which likely increased the reporting of such claims. all but one were models that had been part of that recall. most on the list for and consumer complaints registered with the industry's regulator in

this continued diagnostic remediation program extends continuous monitoring in the area of diagnosticsand mitigation while acknowledging that risk management is called for when you have to meet infinite needs with finite resources. that is also the value of initiatives like other framework. they put cyber security solutions and best practices in the context of risk management and compliance. this brings me to my third point. the standards and methods of cyber security are very good but they cannot succeed unless companies follow them. we should be looking for ways that market forces can incentivize companies to voluntarily take the strongest possible actions to protect themselves. this includes following the standards and practices. the various sectors are just that, critical. they're so important to our national defense, our economy, and our way of life that it is imperative that government private sectors encourage organizations in these that sectors to use best practices. one promising area of incentivizing company is tied to the growth of cyber insurance market. the commerce depart

so before you get super attached you don't want to necessarily engage in a lot of diagnostic testing. >> how do you find a vet? talk to a friend? >> referrals are good. i feel like if you moved to a new area or you're new to where you are, you don't have a vet, calling one of the specialty practices and finding out who they might recommend is a good way to go. also, the american animal hospital association is a association that most of us belong to and that's a good -- it provides guidelines that make us a better hospital. >> vaccines? >> yes. once the animal has been taken to the veterinarian, we'll review the paperwork that they have come with. we want to make sure they have received vaccines. we go over with the owner what the vaccines are that are available. round worming should be done, fecal analysis should be done. they're so passed out. [ laughter ] >> they're so beautiful. >> we talk about preventative care, what to do in terms of making sure they don't get sick ever in their lives but especially as puppies. we talk about diet make sure they're on the right foods because ther

right now, diagnostic tests aren't perfect. there's no treatment, and there's no vaccine. dr. anthony fauci, head of the infectious diseases branch of the n.i.h., says the outbreak is a pandemic. >> you have multiple countries in south america and the caribbean, so by anybody's definition, that would be considered a pandemic. >> reporter: there's concern the virus will eventually be found in mosquitoes in the u.s. south america and in the caribbean, sooner or later we're going to see a local transmission. >> reporter: fauci says controlling mosquitoes that could carry zika is key, and the united states has one big advantage. >> most of the united states goes through a real winter, and that's very, very important in containing mosquito-borne viruses. >> reporter: 35-year-old ana palazzo is pregnant with twins. two months ago, she cut short a trip to brazil and returned to new york. >> i want my babies to be safe, and i was very anxious about it. i didn't feel safe there. >> reporter: dr. fauci says we're not likely to see the same widespread zika virus outbreak here in the u.s.

is the type of call the fda is making, it will be good to have that same transparency across all diagnostics you are in the middle of a crisis situation, it's hard to ever evaluate. i think that's why it's the media's job. you guys are all digging in. part of when the truth comes out and when you are all executing and you have more fda approvals, all those things will speak to what the reality is. right now, there is a lot of discussion. emily: let's talk about the future of 23andme. you now share data with genetech and pfizer and the goal is to incorporate all this data into drug discovery. how is the drug invention program going in house? anne: i love it. i am super excited about it. for people who have a disease, parkinson's is obviously one, or multiple sclerosis or chronic fatigue or any of these autoimmune diseases, if we can use this data to translate that into something meaningful, that's just a spectacular reward for our customers. emily: what diseases are you focused on? i know you are doing a lot of work on lupus for example. anne: we are working on lupus with pfizer. we are doing

it shows, though, that the surveillance systems, the diagnostic systems, the awareness of amongst physicians and nurse within these countries are there, it's happening. that's a very, very good thing. so it shows that the surveillance is working. it has caught us by surprise. >> reporter: he says while it's promising to have global numbers being reported, it's very difficult to quickly test large populations for the virus. >> there is only five laboratory is here in the u.s., one at c.d.c. atlanta and four state department health labs that can currently today diagnose zika. zika virus out of a blood sample. what we need to see is that has to be scaled. not just here in the u.s., but also in central america, south america, and the caribbean countries as we. >> reporter: is that realistic different that they are far poorer countries of the united states and we only have five labs. >> this he will require lots of assistance, that will require a plan and we don't have a commercially available test that can be done at the point of care. you actually have to take a sample and accepted to a lab tha

we need to get better d diagnostics to separate it from the other depressions and type of invisible woundse have out there and get to the root cause of it. i would kind of say, you know, people need to understand that we are so far behind in understanding it as we are not as far along as we are with the other diseases of the hume body and that's what my organization is try to do, move from the 1930s and catch up with and the rest of medicine in understanding and getting good diagnostics and treatments for post traum m traumatic stress. >> just. in your work, do you see employers i would call mid management level and hr, you know, those folks that are on board, identify that talent, bring them on board, do you see the discussions of p it of th p routine? >> sure, it comes up in a number of ways. it's particularly important to me as someone with pts and speaks openly about it, trying to reduce the stigma that we talked about, and at our events, for the wounded veteran caregiver programs, we have -- it's a one-day event, a workshop for veterans and caregivers and spouses in the morning and in

about hedge,, how it affects subsets of the population, and other details critical to developing diagnostics treatments. thanks to public awareness, there are promising efforts underway. we have an opportunity to improve our understanding and better care for kids and families. congressional caucus that has begun to take action is the congressional youth sports caucus. two of the chairs are marked of tech -- of texas and -- they work to inspect health, safety, fun, and physical activity among players, sports leaders, and parents. what we have learned is this is really a partnership between educators, schools, parents, coaches, and student athletes. what is this caucus doing around the issues of concussions? the caucus plans to meet and continue discussions. i would finally like to go to the state house, richmond. just on the 15th of december of last year, the commission on youth conducted a study providing a dozen recommendations and and holton, some of them centered on concussions. request the which department of education work together to assess the feasibility of conducting regional inform

thanks to, like, fmris and pet scans, and new diagnostics, neurologists and neuroscientists have discovered that the brain can go-- can be involved in this process of neurogenesis, of making new brain cells forever, up until the day you die, largely based on what we do with the brain. you know, so the nice thing is, neurogenesis is promoted by health and well being. you know, so being physically active, eating well, avoiding toxins, et cetera, these are the things that promote neurogenesis. and one of the things that dr. oliver sacks who i worked with who just passed away-- realized was one of the best sort of proponents-- not-- well, okay, one of the best promoters of neurogenesis was music. that music actually had re-- was a real-world healing modality. and not just on the level of, like, "oh, we listen to music and we feel better." but it actually physically changes us, and it decreases stress hormones. it promotes neurogenesis. it's pretty remarkable. and that's one of the reasons why i worked with dr. oliver sacks, and the institute. i feel like what i'm learning, and what hopefully ot