HEALTH AND SCIENCE HIGHLIGHTS

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April 24, 2019 (San Diego's East County) -- Our Health and Science Highlights provide cutting edge news that could impact your health and our future.

HEALTH

SCIENCE AND TECH

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HEALTH

Unaware he had measles, a man traveled from N.Y. to Michigan, infecting 39 people (Washington Post)

How one traveler, who contracted measles in New York City, traveled to the Detroit area and got 39 people sick. And how health officials tracked him down to control the outbreak.

U.S. measles cases are just part of a 300% global uptick (ABC)

The number of cases so far this year already surpasses all but one since 2000.

Pig brains partially revived hours after death. Here's what it means for people. (National Geographic)

In a feat sure to fire up ethical and philosophical debate, a new system has restored circulation and oxygen flow to a dead mammal brain.

Babies with 'bubble boy disease' cured using gene therapy (NBC)

The rare genetic disease called severe combined immunodeficiency syndrome, or SCID, often kills children, mostly boys, in the first year or two of life.

SCIENCE AND TECH

'Talking glasses' allow Israel's blind to cast votes unassisted  (Reuters)

Voters in Israel’s election who are blind and visually impaired cast their ballots unassisted on Tuesday thanks to a local invention that “read” the options out loud for them. / The smart-camera device, by Israeli hi-tech firm OrCam, is tacked onto the stem of spectacles and dictates into the wearer’s ear what is written before him or her. It can also scan barcodes and be programmed to recognize faces.

SpaceX lands all 3 Falcon Heavy rocket boosters for the first time ever (The Verge)

The core booster stuck the ocean landing this time

The real reason Boeing’s new plane crashed twice (Vox)

This isn’t just a computer bug. It’s a scandal.

New Apple lab uses robots to rip apart devices for recycling materials (Reuters)

Apple Inc is notorious for keeping what happens in its laboratories a closely guarded secret. But the iPhone maker plans to share openly everything that happens in its newest lab in Austin, Texas.

Remarkable photo of black hole released in astrophysics breakthrough (Reuters)

An international scientific team on Wednesday announced a milestone in astrophysics - the first-ever photo of a black hole - using a global network of telescopes to gain insight into celestial objects with gravitational fields so strong no matter or light can escape.

Pig brains partially revived hours after death. Here's what it means for people. (National Geographic)

In a feat sure to fire up ethical and philosophical debate, a new system has restored circulation and oxygen flow to a dead mammal brain.

Scientists have discovered a pretty-in-pink underwater oasis at the bottom of the Gulf of California (Travel Nine)

At the bottom of the Gulf of California... scientists have discovered a fairy floss-coloured underwater oasis, which looks totally otherworldly.


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