NightSide - Answering Your Questions About Zika Virus

BOSTON (CBS) - You have probably heard about the Zika virus in recent months, as health officials from all over the world have been studying this most recent outbreak in an effort to control the spread of the disease. There have already been ten cases reported in Massachusetts alone, all cases that involved getting infected while traveling to places in the world where the virus is prevalent. Dr. Daniel Kuritzkes, Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Brigham and Women's Hospital, sits down with Dan to talk about the virus and answer your calls. How concerned about Zika virus should you be? What are the risks and warning signs? Is the media coverage overblown?

Originally broadcast May 12th, 2016.

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