Climate may be behind increase in bug-borne illness

September 10, 2012 8:06 AM

West Nile virus has killed 87 Americans so far this year. Dr. William Schaffner, past President of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, tells Gayle King and Charlie Rose why the weather may be causing an uptick in cases of West Nile, Lyme Disease and even the bubonic plague.

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