Man ‘Running’ to Bermuda Rescued Off Florida
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on October 4th, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
Man ‘Running’ to Bermuda Rescued Off Florida
An ultra-marathoner trying to “run” from Florida to Bermuda in a human-powered inflatable bubble was rescued Saturday morning after he signaled for help, the Coast Guard said. Reza Baluchi was found by the Coast Guard on Wednesday 70 nautical miles east of St. Augustine, disoriented and asking for directions to Bermuda. The Coast Guard asked him to quit his journey because he didn’t have enough supplies, but he refused. The Coast Guard monitored his progress and on Saturday morning Baluchi activated his personal locating beacon seeking rescue.
How Do You Catch Ebola?
NPR: There’s no question Ebola is one of the most terrifying diseases out there. It causes a painful death, typically kills more than 50 percent of those infected and essentially has no cure. But if you compare how contagious the Ebola virus is to, say SARS or the measles, Ebola just doesn’t stack up. In fact, the virus is harder to catch than the common cold. … Many questions still linger. Is Ebola really not airborne? Can it spread through contaminated water? What about through a drop of blood left behind on a table? So we took those questions to two virologists: Alan Schmaljohn at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, and Jean-Paul Gonzalez at Metabiota, a company that tracks global infectious diseases.
