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The White House budget director announced this week more than half a billion dollars is being rushed into a battle against the Zika virus

The White House budget director announced this week more than half a billion dollars is being rushed into a battle against the Zika virus. CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook reports on how that money could be spent. Also, Dr. LaPook and CBS News medical contributor Dr. Holly Phillips join "CBS This Morning: Saturday" to discuss a new World Health Organization study that finds that diabetes is on the rise in the U.S.

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New guidance shows the two species that carry Zika have a far greater range that could stretch to big cities like New York and San Francisco

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns that the Zika virus in the U.S. could spread much farther north than previously thought. The CDC originally focused on the Southeast when it looked at the location of mosquitoes that carry the virus. But new guidance shows the two species have a far greater range that could stretch to big cities like New York and San Francisco. CBS News medical contributor Dr. David Agus joins "CBS This Morning" from Los Angeles to discuss the threat.

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