a mosquito-borne virus called the zika virus is spreading throughout south america, latin america and the caribbean. the fear is it could end up here. and as ryan hughes explains, the most at risk are pregnant women. >> reporter: the government is warning pregnant women to be careful especially if they plan to take trips to south america or the caribbean on cruises, for example. to florida. >> reporter: it began in africa and spread to far away parts of the world. in brazil babies have been born with microcephaly, which causes small heads and brain damage that can lead to death. researchers think they're spreading the zika virus, infecting pregnant mothers who pass it onto their babies in the womb. >> the gulf coast of the united states is an extremely vulnerable area because we have both species of mosquitos that can transmight these viruses. >> reporter: residents weren't overall concerned. >> when i was in mexico, that was when the swine flu came out. and i was there for three months working. i never caught it. >> i think they just have tendencies to overexaggerate everything. >> r

so they board a ship to south america, hoping to disappear.es, they buy a ranch in argentina and attempt to recapture the good old cowboy days. >> some americans went down there and bought ranches. cowboys went down there and worked. so there was a lot of economic exchange between ranching in the old west and argentina. >> unfortunately for butch and sundance, fleeing to south america isn't far enough to escape their criminal past. >> sir, this just came in. believe you're going to want to see this. we've received this letter from argentina. >> in south america, butch cassidy may have forgotten about the pinkertons, but the pinkertons certainly had not forgotten about butch cassidy. >> you'll have to enter this, please, son. >> yes, sir. >> they were still employing every tool and every method at their disposal to bring him to justice. that included intercepting mail. >> sundance kid writes a letter home. in previous eras, this would've been no problem. but the pinkertons are able to get ahold of that letter and now devote their resources to t

how the seek a virus is affecting children in south america. >> and now amazon is offering full recap -- refunds for customers who bought hoverboards, how the fires have affected online retail sales. for now but we are . >> public health officials in south america are advising them and to put off pregnancies passing on competition from those mosquito borne zeke a health officials recommend women who are already pregnant sick of it out those the risk of mosquito bites. there are nearly 100 cases of woman contracting the virus in that country. other countries are seeing cases of zikca like brazil heave seen a spike of spikes of michael fairly a rib defect in babies. they have smaller than normal heads and their brains not fully developed . the cdc has warned that pregnant omen in the u.s. countries in south america as a >> more than one third of americans are prediabetic and most are unaware. there are no symptoms necessarily for prediabetes but some common risk factors include being overweight and disease. how can you prevent weight loss is one, healthy diet another, and healthy diet a

he built one of south america's first railways. a few years ago. and he said his son, francisco solano lopez to europe. his mission, his father sent him out to get what? >> arms and technicians. engineers. and machinery. >> junior, by most contemporary accounts, was an idiot. >> so he came back with a mistress, madam lynch. >> yes. >> which dad wasn't too happy about. >> right. ♪ >> he was very traditional, and wanted his son to marry a paraguayan woman and do everything by the book. >> right. >> paraguay's soon to be first mistress, madam eliza lynch was the already-married daughter of an irish doctor. ambitious, social climbing, fond of nice things. >> clothes imported from france. they say she brought paraguay the first tiara. and there were parties here. >> he showed madam lynch to his father, and his father was upset. so she was put aside. >> and kept as a mistress? >> and that was the way paraguayan society wanted to treat her. and she wanted to be treated as the -- >> princess? >> yes. >> tell me about madam lynch's famous b

dengue has been in south america for several years, as well as chicken gunya in the caribbean.re millions of cases of dengue. the same mosquito that transmits dengue transmits zika. zika and dengue are of the same class of virus. yet, over so many years of these viruses lapping on the shoarlz of the southeastern part of our country, we have not had major outbreaks of dengue. they've always been contained and controlled by vector control-- namely, addressing the mosquitoes. so there's no guarantee that we're going to have that situation with zika, but it is likely that we'll see the same sort of thing. >> rose: dr. margaret chan, the director general of the world health organization said, "the level of concern is high, as is the level of uncertainty. questions abound. we need to get some answers quickly." what are the questions and what are the answers that we need ton? >> well, the first question that's really a very important question is what is the nature of this relationship between infection of pregnant women and the birth defects that are clearly temporally and geographica

the mosquito- borne virus is linked to birth defects mostly in central and south america. omar villafranca reports from new york city where two people who recently travelled abroad tested positive. 3 as crews in brazil spray insectide to kill the mosquitos that carry the zika virus the world health organization announced it will hold an emergency meeting monday to decide if the virus should be declared an international health emergency. health officials suspect the virus is responsible for a spike in the number of babies born with abnormally small heads in brazil. (sot dr margaret chan/who director-general)the increased incidence of microcephaly is particularly alarming(gfx)the un health agency estimates 3-4 million cases of zika infection are possible in the americas over the next year.cdc officials say the disease is now in more than 20 countries mostly in central and south america. (show mosquito file) but u.s. health officials say based on borne illnesses they expect the number of cases here to remain small.anthony fauci/director, national institute of allergy & infect

imagine you are a business woman and you go to south america. you are bitten by a mosquito. have no symptoms. you come back and you don't know for nine months your baby has been infected. the centers for disease control is behind the 8 ball on this. kennedy: they always are. the government agencies are always so slow to respond to these things. i think sometimes the best thing you can do, and people thought i was crazy when i said this about ebola is bring it to this country. with our technology and the way the private sector and doctors and researchers are able to respond, there is no comparison to south america. >> your wish has come true because it's here. it's in the united states. it's not spreading from person to person. because it's spread by a mosquito. that mosquito is all across south america except chile. all across india, subsahara, australia. there could be 3 million to 4 million cases of this. the centers for disease control is advising women who may have been exposed to get a test. but the test is hard to get ahold of. not enough tests for people who may have

being blamed for thousands of artifacts in brazil is likely to spread to almost every country in south americantral america, and north america. there is no vaccine against the disease which is carried by mosquitoes. pregnant women have been advised to avoid traveling to countries where it is present. our north america correspondent reports from rio de janeiro. >> caret four and loved as much as any other for the rest of their lives. it is driving fear into the hearts of thousands of families. in many cases, mothers may not be aware of it until their baby is born. link to the mosquito borne6 -- zika virus, the crisis is having worldwide repercussions. >> this spread is in new geographical areas with little population immunity, another cause for concern. especially given the possible link between infection during pregnancy and babies born with small heads. >> in the brazilian city of salvador, therapy helps ease the pain of muscular problems associated with microcephaly. in addition to smaller than average head size, zika virus may be responsible for a range of debilitating conditions affecting

they say it is causing a huge scare for expectant moms in north and south america. they were up to 1.5 million estimated cases of the zika virus in resulted thousands of babies in brazil have been born with tiny heads indicating severe brain damage. damage to differing degrees which means inserting this generation into society is going to be very top located. >> there are at least 31 confirmed cases in 11 states including one in the tampa area and another case in miami. >>> president obama met with the centers for disease control which is now working on a vaccination and is earning pregnant women and women who plan to have children in the near future to avoid the 24 affected countries in south america and the caribbean. mexico and puerto rico are also on the list. >>> the president is also moving forward with his ambitious plan to cure cancers. vice president joe biden will be in charge at the white house cancer moonshot task force. the nonperson campaign involves more than one dozen federal departments of agencies. the goal includes more funding for research as wel

. >> active areas is connectiono, central and south america. homes in peru are being fumigated after the first case of the virus was found. >>> now to decision 2016. hillary clinton's campaign says it wants the state department to release about two dozen emails from her private server but the department labeled top secret. yesterday the state department released its latest batch of emails from clinton's home server when she was secretary of state. a spokesman for the democratic presidential candidate is questioning the secrecy of the messages. he's also questioned the timing of the issue just days before the iowa caucuses. the polls have hillary clinton tied with bernie sanders in

says there could be up to 4 million cases across north and south america in the next year. so far, 31 cases have been confirmed in 11 states. the republican presidential candidates debated in des moines, and from the front runner was not there. he was three miles away, because of a feud with fox news.

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now known areas of infections around the globe include south america, africa, southeast asia and the pacific island. now the type of mosquito that carried zika is not common in massachusetts. with that said, the boston public health commission is advising pregnant women not to travel to countries where the zika outbreak is present

the best method of prevention is to avoid travel to the hardest hit areas of south america. >> there's a birth defect in brazil that may be related back to zika virus. >> at home use the bug spray and drain standing water. it only takes a tiny amount of water for mosquito to breed. >>> the hammer coming down on a popular medication that gave their children life threat everyoning conditions. the u.s. supreme court johnson and johnson must pay $60 million to the family of samantha. she was 7-year-old when she was given motrin, she lost her eye sight. in october we told you about a family that suffered through the same thing. she lost her lawsuit and is glad that another family is getting justice. >>> preying on the vulnerable, a woman is charged with stealing $12,000 of cash and jewel rye -- jewelry from people in an assisted living center. the thefts happening over the past several months. all of her victims were over the age of 80. >>> police need your help finding a stolen puppy. the puppy from all about puppies last week. he sold the dog for drugs and cash. if you know anything about

it's spreading across central and south america. since the virus is linked to birth defects, pregnant women are told not to travel and many are scrambling to change their flights to the affected countries >> there's not a big fear it's travel it's not an airborne illness. >> cruise lines are offering refunds for the moms to be and their companions they will hold an emergency meeting to find out if it should be a health emergency. thank you for joining us. how are you doing? >> doing well. we have a lot of people in south florida who travel to and from south america, the caribbean, could we become a hot spot in this part of the country for the virus? >> i think it is a possibility. right now, all of the cases of zika in the united states are people who got infected in brazil and then brought it in here. but it's the right temperature, the mosquito can live there, so there are a lot of people who think it's only a matter of before the mosquito makes its way into mosquitoes that live in the united states and the first place would be in

many in central and south america. as with other mosquito born illnesses, us health officials expect zika rates to remain small stateside. >> we do not believe that there will be a major outbreak of zika in the united state. >> i think that's the issue. >> meanwhile, doctor owen montgomery obstetrician at hand mal university hospital, agrees expect and the mother should heed the international warning. >> anything that has potential life threatening effect on our unborn babies is a major concern, we need to take it seriously. but i don't think it is time to panic? we have checked. there are no confirmed cases of the zika virus in pennsylvania or delaware. new jersey had one case last year. but that person recovered and returned to south america. the cdc says there are two possible vaccines, but we're still several years away from it being widely available, erika. >> the bottom line if you are pregnant look to go become pregnant just don't go to those countries? >> that's visible at this time. safest thing just not to go

in 2012, i was backpacking through south america, and i come across some local artisans that are makingtwear using peruvian textiles. and i was like, "this is an incredible idea. i was blown away." lemonis: would this be an example of a peruvian textile? dan: correct. but i didn't see it made in a footwear that would be attractive to me or you. but i thought to myself, "hey, if you took this and you put this on a shoe form that we love, this could be an incredible idea." and it also occurred to me -- lemonis: how much coffee did you have this morning? jesus, man. dan: i'm just like this normally. this is normal. -lemonis: is he like this? is he a little amped up? -david: yeah. amped up. dan: because i'm officially the c.e.o. -lemonis: okay. -dan: every single product you see in here, i've been involved from start to finish in designing the product, sampling the product. lemonis: so when people come in and like the design, that's attributable to you. dan: correct. and when they don't like it, that's also attributed to me. -lemonis: okay. dave: he's the ideas guy, so he comes up with a lo

so if we look at temperatures across south america, you can see that they have been well above average for much of brazil, as well as the coastal areas of ecuador as well as peru. so the warm temperatures and the rainfall has been a concern, as well. remember that a typical life span of a mosquito can last between 7 to 30 days. it has to go through three stages within an aquatic cycle. the egg, larvae and pupa cycle, all occurring within water. scientists and biologists look at the stagnant water that forms at your house, my house, in places like untreated pools. also rainwater that pools up in your yard, that can be an area that thrives for mosquito development. that's not the only regions in your house that are concerns for this. clogged gutters, overturned boats, even birdbaths can be a potential breeding ground for mosquitos that spread this zika virus. so if we look back to south america and the strong el nino event, you can see the heavy rain that's spread across much of south america and to see this coinciding with a strong el nino event, doctors and biologists are putting these

all traveled to central or south america. omar villafranca shows us what health officials are saying about the spread in the u.s. >> reporter: as crews spray to kill mosquitoes carrying the zika virus the world health organization will hold a meeting monday to declare if the virus should be declared a world health emergency. it is causing babies born with brazil. >> the increase incidents is particularly alarming. >> reporter: three to four cases possible in the americas over the next year. cdc officials say the disease is in 20 countries, most in central and south america. u.s. health officials say based mosquito-borne illnesses they expect the remaining cases in the u.s. to remain small. >> we do not believe there will be a major outbreak in the united states. >> reporter: all the u.s. cases health officials are urging pregnant women not to travel to absolutely necessary. york. >> there is no treatment or vaccine for the zika virus. if you want to learn about the effects on people not pregnant wtsp.com. >>> we have a crime

university of iowa hospitals and clinics will be urged not to travel to a list of about 20 countries in south america, central america and the caribbean. so far, the number of zika cases from mosquito bites in infected countries that have come to the u.s. number just a bit over 30. none have been reported in iowa yet. about 80 percent of people exposed to the zika virus show now symptoms. for the rest it's a mild case of low fever, rash and joint paint. should a case get referred plan based on the ebola virus will be used. "we then have a protocol in our clinic, asking them about that asking about symptoms any mosquito bites and illness related to zika like fever, aches, rash malaise...offer them testing for zika and them schedule a fetal ultrasound" dr. greiner says type of birth defect called microcephaly, characterized by a smaller than normal head of a newborn, is by far the most serious complication apparently connected to the mosquito-born virus. some of the countries most heavily involved in the zika outbreak are also countries where groups of iowa go on mission projects. one of those countrie

you go all the way up the shore of south america and central and and finally come into the mouth of the columbia river into san francisco bay. that was the easy way. the second group of people who came across did it the hard way, going overland, over the incredibly dangerous expense of the far west. not only was it environmentally and climate wise hazardous, but the native tribes were trying to defend their territory from intruders, sometimes to great effect. these people tended to be miners, for traders, prospectors from the appalachian midwest. they expanded an incredible amount of effort to convert these areas to be a new new england. they put forward schools to save the continent in a yankee way. they were all over the place credit had their own journals. they would report whether they were establishing a way to keep the yankees way. they also expanded considerable effort trying to create new england in the pacific. and new citizen on the hill, a new humanity, we can follow the lessons in new england. they wrote about how their travels around were similar to the mayflower. despite t

. >>> now this next video is from south america. this is video captured of people get nothing and going to the southern most tip of south america. >> wow. >> this is a nice summer day for these people where they're known to get hurricane force winds in the summer. this day the winds were only 76 miles an hour. the day before 120 miles an hour. this video was september to us. >> the famous storm chaser from the discovery channel. >>> these ladies have nothing in common accept for the fact that they're hilarious. >> yeah, she is stuck in the hilarious. the person filming her should be helping her, but they put it on youtube. >> they're doing what they should be doing. >> yeah, their job is fulfilled. >> i hope that's not like a pen for animal. you know what else is is mixed up in there. turn it into an add for landry detergent. spanchts . >>> grandma can cannot figure out how to turn the chair on. >> i don't know if she is speaking english or not. i cannot understand here. it's in the electric chair. >> that's about how it works. amaz

. >> you have multiple countries, in south america and in the caribbeans, so by any definition it is considered a pandemic. >> if you have this much zika in south america and caribbean, local transmission. >> he says controlling the mosquitos carrying zika is key and united states has a big advantage. >> most of the united states goes through a real winter, and that's very, very important in containing mosquito-born viruses. >> 35-year-old ana palazzo. she's 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. >> we are not likely to see the same widespread zika outbreck here in the u.s. than in brazil ill, we can better control mosquitos, but there's a lot of unknowns and the health care community is watching this very carefully. >> dr. jon lapook thanks very much. filled with migrants sank off of greece, 25 drowned, 10 of them children. the harsh winter has not escaped war and poverty. volunteers are setting out to rescue as many as they can. holly willi

it has been around for years, but only recently became prevalent in south america and the caribbean. there are three cases in florida, one of them right here in hill -- hillsborough county. health department says they are all travel related and that's why the cdc has issued an alert for pregnant women and those trying to become pregnant to the list includes parts of mexico, south america and the rico. health experts are now linking the virus to a birth defect that causes babies to have abnormally small heads and >> if a woman is pregnant and gets the virus, it can spread through the placenta to the baby. >> if you plan to travel to those affected countries, protect yourself with insect repellent containing deet. if you are concerned about using that while pregnant, doctors say benefits outweigh the risks. >>> who would steal from a church? clearwater police think the man you see here in this picture did just that, surveillance photos from saint cecilia's catholic church, officers believe this man walked into the open chapel, broke open a donation box and took about $50. if you know a

right now it's spreading in south america, in the caribbean, central america.travelers people coming back to the u.s. who have been in places with zika. that's who we are diagnosing in the in the u.s. if you go to it a place where mosquitoes spread zika, you have to use mosquito repellent. pregnant women should not go to a country where zika is spreading. >> what are the symptoms? is there a cure and if you are -- third question, pregnant woman why are you the biggest target? >> so, four out of five people who have zika don't have any symptoms at all. usually it's he very mild, rash, fever, again, it's only spreading in south america, central america, parts of the caribbean and pacific. and we're concerned about pregnant women because just in recent months brazil has reported a rare fetal mall formation called+4ke÷wçç microcephlar children born with small heads. very severe birth connect. appears to be relate to do zika. there is a lot we don't know about it we have disease detectives on the ground in brazil and puerto rico, studying, preparing, learning more s

despite the fact there's considerable problems in south america, particularly in brazil where there is a widespread outbreak of zika. >> i know is overwhelmingly spread by mosquitos but at least one case come from cdc it was spread another way are you concerned about that. >> we don't believe apart from mosquitos bite. pregnant women who get infected, cdc have come out with their women to avoid unless absolutely necessary travel to those regions where you have the local spread and outbreak of zika. >> important information, doctor, thank you so much. >> you're quite welcome. >>> a new report shows women are often charginged more than men, on average women's version of services cost about 7% more than for men. michelle miller thought it was more than that and did her own investigation. >> cbs went under cover, one female and one male producer visited a handful of drycleaners in new york city and brought in identical shirts in comparable services. at least twice as much. it happens at more than just dry-cleaners chbl the new york city study found differences in clothing like these jeans,

south america has been badly hit by the virus, with up to 1.3 million cases already reported in over a dozen countries. meanwhile, authorities fear the people lessan make him into another disease that has affected hundreds of people in brazil, where the immune system attacks nerves, eventually causing paralysis. martinique has raised its health alert after diagnosing its first case. says it has korea arrested a student from the united states. according to state-run media, the person entered north korea as a tourist and committed a hostile act against the state under orders from washington. would be the this third western citizen known to be currently held in the isolated country. they reported detention comes as the united states needs an effort to secure tough international sanctions against pyongyang under -- over its latest nuclear test. a massive blizzard is bearing down on the eastern united states. officials say it could write one of the top 10 ever to hit the region. closed, flights canceled, and a state of emergency was declared over a vast area. here is a look. >> preparing

urged pregnant women against traveling to 14 countries and territories across the caribbean and south america. infectious disease professor dre virus is already in mexico, people should be concerned. >> people need to see a travel medicine specialist and make sure they are covered and that they understand what they can do to protect themselves against this particular kind of mosquito, which happens to be a day biter, what kind of clothing to wear, mosquito repellant to use, when to use it. they need to be keenly aware of this. they also should know that there is some link to the possibility that if a man gets the virus comes home, there has been sexual transmission of this virus as well to the mother. we have to be very keen on both men and women who are traveling to endemic areas. >> she explains there is no specific treatment for an infected mother to prevent the virus from being passed to her unborn child. >>> the malfunction that led to a less than successful rocket booster landing by space x. >>> this is super cool. >> 9-year-old jason them play stole the show at the critics choice award

frank cam a virus which has been found in nearly 21 carribean nearly 21 carribean and north and south america countries...has changed travel plans for many pregnant women....its called the zika virus and while no cases have been diagnosed here in the states it is possible here to tells us why and how dr. robert cincinnati childrens.... the zika virus is likely to spread across nearly all of the americas, organization has warned. the infection, which causes symptoms including mild fever, conjunctivitis and headache, has already been found in 21 countries in the caribbean, north and south america. it has been linked to thousands of babies being born with underdeveloped brains and some countries have advised women not to get pregnant. no treatment or vaccine is available. the virus is native to africa and was spreading in the americas in brazil in may 2015. the lack of any natural immunity in the americas is helping the rapidly. get infected- by mosquito bites prevention- put on and wear long pants always the most comfortable in tropical climates!! . use bed netting and spray room cases that occ

known areas of infection around the globe include south america the globe include south america, southeast asia, africa and the pacific island. we have to note the type of mosquito that carries zika is not common here in massachusetts. the boston public health commission is advising pregnant women not to travel the country -- to countries where the zika outbreak is present. because zika is believed to be responsible for 4,000 cases with babies being born with micro cephaly, a birth defect brain. >> we don't expect a major outbreak in the united states despite the fact there are considerable problems in south america. health official mixing caution with a dose of perspective. symptoms of zika generally include some combination of fever, muscleaches, conjunctivitis and rash. a large percentage don't show symptoms at all. infection most commonly occurs through the bite of an infected mosquitoes, but health officials understanding of that is evolving. two cases have been linked to sexual transmission. back here to the boston case, that man is expected to make a full recovery. and ahead in the

. >> the zika virus, you know, mous mosquitoes are flying in south america from the united states are gong to south america and then bringing it back. >> tourist destinations so caribbean. >> so a lot of places you want to check. ines is traveling soon, and a lot of people goapg to these areas. run it down for you but zika virus has spread to two dozen countries mostly central and south america with some americans traveled to that rooj are bringing it back to the states. there are four confirmed cases in our area and government has issued a travel are alert. mousmosquito born virus is spreading. met with national security officials in the situation room on tuesday calling for more research about the virus. pregnant women linked to a condition that causes baby's to be born with smaller brains. in brazil nearly 4,000 newborns affected in the outbreak. crews are working around the clock to fumigate areas in rio de janeiro and health officials delay pregnancy for two years. due to possible birth defects. >> we're quite concerned about -- the potential complications to the fetus of a zika