Why California is doing all it can to protect residents from a Zika outbreak

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Aug 8, 2016

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Why California is doing all it can to protect residents from a Zika outbreak

The Center for Investigative Reporting's Reveal program examines why CA is doing all it can to protect residents from an outbreak.

RECIFE, BRAZIL - JANUARY 28: An Aedes aegypti mosquito is seen through a microscope at en exhibition on Dengue fever on January 28, 2016 in Recife, Pernambuco state, Brazil. The mosquito transmits the Zika virus, as well as Dengue. In the last four months, authorities have recorded close to 4,000 cases in Brazil in which the mosquito-borne Zika virus may have led to microcephaly in infants. The ailment results in an abnormally small head in newborns and is associated with various disorders including decreased brain development. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the Zika virus outbreak is likely to spread throughout nearly all the Americas. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

The Center for Investigative Reporting's Reveal program examines why CA is doing all it can to protect residents from an outbreak.

The threat of Zika has hit home in California.

The California Department of Public Health announced last week two babies in the state have been born with microcephaly after their mothers were infected with the Zika virus.

Reveal, from the Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX, is producing a new show all about Zika and the fight to halt its spread in the U.S. Reporter, Amy Walters, has been on the trail of the virus and joined the show to discuss.

To hear the full segment, click the blue play button above.