hurricanes don't give you leptospirosis. lack of access to clean drinking water because of a failed recovery effort after the hurricane, that's what givers you leptospirosis. these are deaths, that es are illnesses that will be attributed to the failed response to the hurricane, not to the hurricane, itself. now, we don't know how many of these potential lepto -- cases, they're investigating 74, we don't know how many are fatalities or people who have been successfully treated or people currently in treatment, but 74 cases being investigated is a very alarming football, if are you worried about the prospect that puerto rico is evolving from a natural disaster into a public health catastrophe. so we're going to have more on that story coming up this hour, including some pretty remarkable new very specific details on the way the trump administration responded to hurricane harvey in texas, versus the way they are responding to hurricane maria in puerto rico. so that's it today has been a day of surreal fallout from yesterday's

drinking water or infections of open wounds at least seventy six cases of suspected and confirmed leptospirosis have been reported on the island amid a public health crisis unfolding an estimated one million americans importer ricoh are still living without running water marina r.t. miami catalonia has pushed for independence is dividing families across the country of spain the push is also affecting families in france or to charlotte dubinsky has more. to dismember like spain it is beginning gradually to dismember europe it is also progressive we can in europe but there is box to the collapse of europe. former french prime minister well miles that mincing no words when it comes to catalonia independence he was one of the most staunch supporters of course you are of spanish unity and he was actually born into a catalan family well given his heritage some might say that val's should be on the other side of the argument well that's at least what his sister thinks she's feeling reus and that riveted him on twitter. for god sake for the sake of grandfather mcgee this is not democratic and neither i

leptospirosis. i asked him if he knew about it. no, i have never heard of it before, he tells me. the source is bacteria and animal urine making its way into rivers and lakes, especially after flooding. hurricane maria triggered massive flooding, while knocking out fresh water to many on the island. in desperation, puerto ricans have been turning to potentially contaminated rivers and water ways to wash, even to drink. the cruz family still has no water at their home, so every other week they have been coming to the river. they do laundry, and the children play. i asked jose if he had any fear about the water for his family. his answer was simple. >> no. >> reporter: no. but in the town, maria flores is worried. it is why every day, she with her daughter and grandchildren, come to town and fill plastic jugs at a community well. we're in desperate need of it, she says. i live on the second floor and i carry the containers with water every day. it is exhausting. as the number of confirmed and suspected cases of leptospirosis have grown, the government is trying to keep public fear i

leptospirosis is a bacterial infection. it's acquired, as you described, by drinking or being exposed to water that's contaminated with those bacteria. they infect many species of animals. and animal urine is the vehicle for transmission of the disease. so situations where there's a shortage of potable water or exposure to floodwaters that are contaminated with the bacteria are the settings for exposure. we're working closely with the department of health in puerto rico to confirm or to determine whether those suspected cases actually are cases. we have specimens in the laboratory at cdc right now doing those tests. there is -- we're aware of one confirmed case that was diagn e diagnosed in a patient at the v.a. so how large this outbreak actually is, if it's an outbreak, remains to be determined. the best way to control the outbreak is to prevent exposure to the contaminated water. that really is an issue you started with, with wider availability of potable water, and early treatment for people who have symptoms of fever,

leptospirosis occurs in a couple hundred cases of year. we expect that to go higher than that is of the nature of the events. we provided several times -- thousands of courses of treatment for puerto rico. beyond those kinds of circumstances, you would be concerned about tetanus. we have made available tetanus vaccines through cdc and also to 24vailable environmental health departments to work with epidemiologists to track not only these kind of environmental hazards, but also cases that would be associated with this. senator harris: i would like as a follow-up from each person peopleation from drinking water from superfund sites. it is a desperate situation, and there are huge health risks associated with that. your forangford: thank being here and giving us a chance to walk us through this. i want to go through this in a time.period of mr. long, this goes back to the preparation side of this. in flood insurance program, 2012, required a report every six months on how we're doing on the debt, what is happening, what process do we have to

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floodwater is spreading disease. 61-year-old jorge sanyet morales is believed to have died from leptospirosis. it's a bacterial infection spread by contaminated water. it should have been easily treatable with antibiotics. today, in the mountains above canavanas, it looked as if the entire village came out to lay him to rest. that gentleman is one of four people believed to have been killed by that bacterial disease. regarding the president's tweet that fema can't stay here forever, all the people we've spoken to, no one's indicated they're looking for forever. they're just asking for more help right now. >> mason: david begnaud in san juan. thanks, david. the president is now trying to repeal part of obamacare without help from congress. he signed an executive order today that would allow small businesses to buy less-expensive health insurance plans across state lines. the idea is to increase competition and lower premiums. but critics warn if young, healthy people abandon federal exchanges, the old and sick, who require better coverage, will pay much more. it will be months before we see de

. >> i would assert at my colleagues, >> there is no vaccine for leptospirosis.t's very treatable, it works better for diseases identified so earlier treatment is more extensive. >> is that being supplied really. >> the antibiotics, they're not anything special so tetracyclines. >> that's not available as much as it ought to be. >> it depends on which. >> dr. gottlieb will attest, unless you're getting it for fish tanks. >> nevertheless. i'mserious. >> nevertheless it's a problem but thank youvery much and thank all of you again and i yield back . >> . >> now recognize the gentleman from new york. five minutes for questioning. >> thank you mister chairman, and as a writer at the subcommittee, reports the standing committee, i've made clean drinking water a major effort to focus that i'm very appreciative that the committee has responded to. we've recently reported a bill from subcommittee and the standing committee so therefore, i want to address that concern, clean drinking water. run a report about the lack of drinking water in puerto rico. unfortunately neithe

there are dozens of suspected cases of the leptospirosis, a potentially fatal bacterial infection caused by contact with water contaminated by animal urine. authorities are investigating whether four deaths were caused by the disease. meanwhile, in texas, a 31-year-old man who was helping repair homes damaged by hurricane harvey has died after he was diagnosed with a rare flesh-eating bacterial disease. he's at least the second person now in texas to die after contracting the extremely rare disease from harvey's floodwaters. a sweltering heat wave is smashing temperature records across southern california. at least eight cities set new daily records on monday, including long beach, which hit 105 degrees. on tuesday night, the professional baseball teams the houston astros and the los angeles dodgers faced off at the hottest world series game ever played. it was 103 degrees at the dodgers' stadium in los angeles, smashing the previous temperature record by nearly 10 degrees. the dodgers beat the astros three to in more news on climate one. change, a new study by the world bank says that t

running water, the cdc told us that they're testing samples from puerto rico to see if they are leptospirosis but quote please contact the puerto rico department of health for information. we reached out to the prr department of health and waiting to hear back. communications are tough at this point. they referred us to the cdc at this point. puerto rican paper is reporting the government still not consider it an outbreak or an epidemic. but just stick a flag in this. if some or all of the 76 suspected cases of lepto turn out to be lepto and fatal cases of it, then the response to this storm will have entered a very serious and bad new phase. again, the death toll is listed at 51 but we are going to keep chasing this. at the very least, honestly, whoever is in charge of the recovery should start to answer some questions about it. [bell rings] every year we take a girl's trip. remember nashville? kimchi bbq. amazing honky tonk? i can't believe you got us tickets. i did. i didn't pay for anything. you never do. send me what i owe. i got it. i mean, you did find money to buy those boots. are you

least fifty one certified deaths have been recorded officials say the latest two victims died from leptospirosis and infection can be spread after floods through contaminated drinking water or infections of open wounds at least seventy six cases of suspected and confirmed. have been reported on the island amid the public health crisis unfolding an estimated one million americans in puerto rico are still living without running water marina our miami. cuban officials investigating the u.s. claims of sonic attacks on diplomats in havana and now call those attacks quote scientific fiction and are accusing washington of slander this last week president trump said he will lead to ban was responsible for twenty four u.s. diplomats being harmed from acoustic strikes washington recalled more than half the diplomatic personnel from havana and expelled fifteen cuban diplomats earlier in october cuba deployed two thousand security officials and experts to investigate so far the investigation failed to uncover any evidence to prove trump's claims one of cuba's leading investigators lieutenant colonel roberta

doctors say he contracted a bacterial disease known as leptospirosis.d with dengue and sent home. her older sister said the last thing he told them, i love you. it's spread through contaminated water but easily treatable with antibiotics. >> it's treated. >> reporter: that's the island's secretary. the government ordered him to figure out why clean wat i this island. >> reporter: at what point do you by pass the local government if they're another getting it done and at what point do you do it? >> we've been doing it. that's why we've been doing air drops in communities going directly twice where a brim has been destroyed by the water or any region that needs us to impact them directly, we'll keep doing it. >> reporter: three weeks after, the government is hangd out water filtering tablets as well as high-volume water filters. back at the pentecost tall church, the women son, why was he taken away. >> that was david begnaud reporting from puerto rico. really rough to hear that story, but he's done some of great reporting. >>> now, $9 gallon of milk coul

two people have died from symptoms of leptospirosis. the cause of the death. look. clean water is key and for whatever reason, nobody seemed to be able to figure out how to get enough clean it's been three weeks since hurricane maria devin stated puerto rico and from the air it looks like the storm hit yesterday. blue tarps covered homes were roofs were damaged or ripped off. we flew over with the governor yesterday on some of the hardest hit areas. [ indiscernible ] orr on the southern part of the island in ponce, grocery stores are running low on food and water. nearby at a distribution center at an yasco, families are given one or two boxes of food to last. >> you're helping each other. >> yes. >> reporter: they received one box for four. they really need water. >> we need water >> reporter: not far from him, families are bathing in rainwater. we use it because we don't have any other options. three weeks later she's still sifting through what's left of her home. picture are a painful reminder of life before the hurricane. i wish thi

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