July 25, 2019 (San Diego's East County) -- Our Health and Science Highlights provide cutting edge news that could impact your health and our future.

HEALTH

• New Immunotherapy Treatment Removes All Tumors In Woman With Advanced Metastatic Breast Cancer (Forbes)
• Trump administration moves to block nursing home residents’ access to courts (Public Justice)
• Faith-based health clinics to spurn birth control under Trump rule (The Hill)

SCIENCE AND TECH

• Antitrust inquiry may heighten calls to break up tech giants (Washington Post)
• Twelve years to save Earth? Make that 18 months...(BBC)
• Climate change: Current warming `unparalled’ in 2,000 years (BBC)
• FTC To Hold Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Liable For Any Future Privacy Violations (NPR) 

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July 10, 2019 (San Diego's East County) -- Our Health and Science Highlights provide cutting edge news that could impact your health and our future.

HEALTH

• Federal judge in Texas strikes down affordable care act (CNN)
• Mental Health Patients Are Pouring Into Local Emergency Rooms (Voice of San Diego)
• Spike in autism may be linked to preservative in processed foods (Forbes)
• A deadly fungus is killing millions of bats in the U.S. Now it’s in California (Los Angeles Times)
• A hospital introduced a robot to help nurses. They didn’t expect it to be so popular (Fast Company)

SCIENCE AND TECH

• A Flaw in Teleconferencing App Zoom Could Have Let Hackers Access Your Webcam. Here's How to Fix it (Time)
• What to Know About Restrict, Instagram's New Anti-Bullying Feature  (Time)
• Massive, kilometer sized asteroid was just found orbing the sun (Fox)
• Could This Be the End of Frankincense? (New York Times)

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June 19, 2019 (San Diego's East County) -- Our Health and Science Highlights provide cutting edge news that could impact your health and our future.

HEALTH

• Energy drinks the cause of many sudden cardiac deaths in young people, researchers find (Consumer Affairs)
• Changing your meat-eating habits could mean a longer life, study suggests (CNN)
• There’s a ‘hidden epidemic’ of diseases like chlamydia and syphilis, and dating apps may only be part of the problem (Business Insider)

SCIENCE & TECH

• The poisons released by melting artic ice (BBC)
• Facebook wants its cryptocurrency to one day rival the dollar (Bloomberg)
• Amazon Patent Reveals Its Vision for an Alexa Device That Records Every Word You Speak (Gizmodo)
• Oh Dear: Photos Show What Humans Have Done To The Planet (NPR)
• Why Safer Cars Don't Lead To Cheaper Car Insurance ... Yet (NPR)

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June 5, 2019 (San Diego's East County) -- Our Health and Science Highlights provide cutting edge news that could impact your health and our future.

HEALTH

• Safe Or Scary? The Shifting Reputation Of Glyphosate, AKA Roundup (NPR)
• Soaring syphilis rates making workload unmanageable and affecting quality of care, say nurses (CBC)
• Many teens sleep with their phones, survey finds — just like their parents (Washington Post)
• As CBD Oils Become More Popular, The FDA Considers Whether To Set New Rules (NPR)
• What's Doctor Burnout Costing America? (NPR)
• America too dependent on China for its medicine, experts warn (Fox)

SCIENCE & TECH

• Earth's carbon dioxide has jumped to the highest level in human history (Axios)
• Feds to investigate spike in gray whale deaths on West Coast (10 News)
• First gene-edited babies may be at risk of early death, study finds (National Geographic)
• Astronomers Worry New SpaceX Satellite Constellation Could Impact Research (Smithsonian)
• Former pet parrots breeding and thriving in 23 U.S. states (National Geographic)

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May 22, 2019 (San Diego's East County) -- Our Health and Science Highlights provide cutting edge news that could impact your health and our future.

HEALTH

• U.S. has  the worst rate of maternal deaths in the developed world (NPR)
• Online abortion pill provider ordered to cease delivery by FDA (CNN)
• Why is Bubonic plague still a thing? (CNN)
• Debates over anti-abortion laws have raised common myths about abortion. These are the facts (CNN)
• Bowel cancer rate rising ‘among young adults’ (BBC)
• LED lights damage eyes and disturb sleep, European health authority warns (CNN)
• Measles erases the human immune system memory (Science News)

SCIENCE AND TECH

• Amazon heads off facial recognition rebellion (BBC)
• Bumble Bees May be More at Risk Than We Thought (SciWorthy)
• New Car Safety Technology Could Cause Confusion, Accidents if Drivers Aren't Trained (Inside Science)

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May 8, 2019 (San Diego's East County) -- Our Health and Science Highlights provide cutting edge news that could impact your health and our future.

HEALTH

• Religious freedom' rule could cause 'significant damage' to LGBTQ health care, advocates say (NBC)
• Uber and Lyft drivers strike for pay transparency — after algorithms made it harder to understand (Washington Post)
•  U.S. reports 60 new measles cases in worst outbreak since 1994 (Reuters)
• 77% of Americans say kids should get measles shot even if parents object: Reuters Poll
• Suicide attempts using poison have surged among young people, particularly girls  (Washington Post) 

SCIENCE AND TECH

• Scientists warn a million species at risk of extinction (Reuters)
• Alexa has been eavesdropping on you this whole time (Washington Post)
•   Traces of Cocaine, Pesticides Detected In U.K. Shrimp   (NPR)
• Gas that makes a mountain breathe fire  is turning up around the world (New York Times)

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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

• Unaware he had measles, a man traveled from N.Y. to Michigan, infecting 39 people (Washington Post)
• U.S. measles cases are just part of a 300% global uptick (ABC)
• Pig brains partially revived hours after death. Here's what it means for people. (National Geographic)
• Babies with 'bubble boy disease' cured using gene therapy (NBC)

SCIENCE AND TECH

• 'Talking glasses' allow Israel's blind to cast votes unassisted  (Reuters)
• SpaceX lands all 3 Falcon Heavy rocket boosters for the first time ever (The Verge)
• The real reason Boeing’s new plane crashed twice (Vox)
• New Apple lab uses robots to rip apart devices for recycling materials (Reuters)
• Remarkable photo of black hole released in astrophysics breakthrough (Reuters)
• Scientists have discovered a pretty-in-pink underwater oasis at the bottom of the Gulf of California (Travel Nine)

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March 28, 2019 (San Diego's East County) -- Our Health and Science Highlights provide cutting edge news that could impact your health and our future.

HEALTH

• 3 People In San Diego Fighting Superbug Infections After Surgeries In Tijuana (KPBS)
• FDA proposes new mammography changes for dense breasts (CBS)
• Suspected cholera cases spikes in Yemen in 2019: UN (Arab News)

 SCIENCE & TECH

• Facebook announces new policy to ban white nationalist content (New York Times)
• Google offers AI ethics panel (BBC)
• HUD charges Facebook with housing discrimination in ads (CNN)

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March 13, 2019 (San Diego's East County) -- Our Health and Science Highlights provide cutting edge news that could impact your health and our future.

HEALTH

• Biggest Vaping Study Ever Links E-Cigs With Heart Attacks and Depression (Fortune)
• Boy never vaccinated racked up $800G in medical bills after tetanus required 57-day hospital stay: CDC (Fox News)
• A Gulp of Genetically Modified Bacteria Might Someday Treat a Range of Illnesses (NPR)

SCIENCE/TECH

• Facebook’s data deals are under criminal investigation (New York Times)
• ICE is tapping into a huge license-plate database, ACLU says, raising new privacy concerns about surveillance (Washington Post)

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February 13, 2019 (San Diego's East County) -- Our Health and Science Highlights provide cutting edge news that could impact your health and our future.

HEALTH

• For Some Kids, Measles Becomes a Time Bomb With No Cure (The Daily Beast
• Trump Highlights Health Agenda And Vows To Lower 'Unfair' Drug Prices (NPR)
• Madagascar facing devastating measles outbreak (CNN )
• Measles outbreak declared in Philippines (BBC News US )
• Whose Hearts, Livers and Lungs Are Transplanted in China? (The Epoch Times)
• Scans Show Female Brains Remain Youthful As Male Brains Wind Down (NPR)
• China Investigating Reports Of HIV-Tainted Medication (NPR)

SCIENCE AND TECH

• Critics call on Apple and Google to shut down Saudi app that can restrict women’s travel (Washington Post)
• Deadly earthquake traveled at “supersonic” speeds — why that matters (National Geographic)
• As Magnetic North Pole Zooms Toward Siberia, Scientists Update World Magnetic Model (NPR)

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January 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

• The cause of Alzheimer’s could be coming from inside your mouth, study claims (Science Alert)
• New Medical Device May Eliminate Need for Some Knee Replacement Surgery   (  (Healthline)

SCIENCE & TECH

• How do you bring wildlife back to the city? (BBC)
• How anonymous tweets helped ignite a national controversy over MAGA-hat teens (Washington Post
• Family says hacked Nest camera warned them of North Korean missile attack (Washington Post)

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December 6, 2018 (San Diego's East County) -- Our Health and Science Highlights provide cutting edge news that could impact your health and our future.

HEALTH

• Woman gives birth using womb transplanted from deaddonor (Guardian)
• Changes In Brain Scans Seen After A Single Season Of Football For Young Players (NPR) 
• Measles resurgence 'due to vaccine hesitancy', WHO warns (BBC) 
• Who owns your medical data? Most likely not you (Jewish World Review) 
• Millions flock to free tests as Egypt seeks to eradicate hepatitis C (Reuters)  

SCIENCE AND TECH

• Plot twist: Mitochondrial DNA can come from both parents (Ars Technica)
• Marriott's Starwood database hacked, 500 million may be affected (Reuters)
• Scientists to swap dusty old kilogram for something more stable (Reuters) 
• Unexpectedly Vanishing Quasars Are Mystifying Scientists (Wired)  
•  Earth has two extra, hidden 'moons' (National Geographic)  

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November 14, 2018 (San Diego's East County) -- Our Health and Science Highlights provide cutting edge news that could impact your health and our future.

HEALTH

• In bipartisan push, Medicare expands to give seniors in-home support  (CSMonitor)
• Online abortion pills come to U.S. (Albuquerque Journal)
• New exercise guidelines: Move more, sit less, start younger (AP)
• Vitamin D and Fish Oil Supplements Mostly Disappoint in Long-Awaited Research Results (NPR)

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• Your smartphone photos are totally fake — and you love it (Washington Post)
• How Tesla's ‘Bioweapon Defense Mode’ Has Helped in California Wildfire (Inverse)
• Under poaching pressure, elephants are evolving to lose their tusks (National Geographic)

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October 17, 2018 (San Diego's East County) -- Our Health and Science Highlights provide cutting edge news that could impact your health and our future.

• Why do California babies have syphilis in numbers rivaling those of poor nations? (Cal Matters)
• Spike in paralyzing, polio-like illness confirmed in 22 states, CDC says (Washington Post)
• If Your Medical Information Becomes A Moneymaker, Could You Get A Cut? (NPR)

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• Facebook purged over 800 U.S. accounts and pages for pushing political spam (Washington Post)
• Paul Allen, Microsoft co-founder and billionaire investor, dies at 65 (Washington Post)
• ‘Hyperalarming’ study shows massive insect loss (Washington Post)

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September 5, 2018 (San Diego's East County) -- Our Health and Science Highlights provide cutting edge news that could impact your health and our future.

HEALTH

• Children born through IVF face higher risk of cardiovascular disease, warns study (The Independent)
• HIV/AIDS research yields dividends across medical fields (NIH)
• China bans pig travel from African swine fever regions as sixth case detected (Reuters)
• Record High Number of STD Infections in U.S., As Prevention Funding Declines  (NPR)
• What Sparked an E. Coli Outbreak in Lettuce? Scientists Trace a Surprising Source (NPR)

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• America’s Lakes Are Losing Their Blue Hue as Waters Shift to Murky Greenish-Brown (Smithsonian)
• To store really big data, Molecular Assemblies thinks really small — DNA (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Changing a Cow's Diet May Help Slow Global Warming (Associated Press)
• Divers discover massive coral reefs off the coast of South Carolina (Charlottesville Observer)
• Google, Mastercard cut a secret ad deal to track retail sales (Jewish World Review)
• Scientists found brain’s internal clock that influences how we perceive time (Arstechnica)
• Astronauts find hole in the International Space Station, plug it with thumb (CNET)

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