Author: Paul E.

Louisville, Kentucky — On his first day at Newcomer Academy, Michael Tejeda was escorted into the school library, and the seventh-grader didn’t know why. He quickly learned what this meant: he had received a booster vaccination. Five times. “I don’t have a problem with that,” said the 12-year-old, who emigrated from Cuba earlier this year. Across the library, city, state and federal officials gathered to celebrate the school clinic and the city’s success. At a time when the U.S. pediatric vaccination rates are below goals, Louisville and its state were being hailed as success stories. Kentucky’s kindergarten vaccination rates increased…

Trains are safe, reliable, cost-effective and energy efficient. They’re a great mode of transportation in almost every way, except for one problem: the gap between them. To be safe, you need large gaps between trains – you can’t slam on the brakes and expect hundreds of tonnes of carriages to shudder to a halt. There must be at least 1.5 km (about 1 mile) between trains A and B. This means that there can only be about 14 trains per hour on a particular section of line. This means the capacity of the rail network is fixed — or at…

At this year’s European Association of Retina Specialists (EURETINA) conference, Boris Stanzel, MD, visited the Ophthalmology Times Europe booth. Dr. Stanzel spoke on a wide range of topics, including central visual field thickness (CST) measurement in age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and diabetic macular edema (DME), choosing the right intraocular lens for patients with geographic atrophy (GA), and in-clinic applications of artificial intelligence (AI), among other exciting symposia from the conference.Editor’s note: The transcript below has been lightly edited for clarity.Dr. Boris Stanzel: Hello, my name is Boris Stanzel. I am a professor of ophthalmology at the University of Bonn, but…

Alleppey: Rowing a snake boat is as musical as composing a unique symphony. Over 100 rowers have to move their oars rhythmically and precisely to make the boat powerfully cut through the rough waves of the lake. Training camp is where rowers learn this resilience and rhythm. When the season begins, rowers spend more time at camp than at home. When the camp ends about a month later, rowers develop a unique bond of love and friendship. A proper routine that includes physical training and exercises that build mental resilience is part of every rowing camp. A local auditorium or…

DAVIS, Calif. – Utah Tech’s offensive struggles continued Saturday night against UC Davis. The Trail Blazers didn’t spend much time on the field for UC Davis as they turned the ball over four times and punted seven times. The Aggies held the ball for over 38 minutes and stuffed the stat sheet with 419 yards of offense. Utah Tech scored a touchdown in each of the final two frames to close the gap, but UC Davis dominated on both offense and defense to win, 32-14. Utah Tech First Half UC Davis’ first drive of the game lasted only a minute…

Research has shown that walking is a surprisingly powerful health and fitness strategy—our bodies are built for it—but there’s more than one way to get the most out of your daily steps. Health spoke to three experts with different approaches to fulfilling walks to help you choose what’s best for you. “From a purely physiological standpoint, walking gets your heart rate up and burns calories,” celebrity trainer David Kirsch tells Health magazine, “But walking also enhances the mind-body connection, helps you focus on your breathing, spend time in nature, meditates, and is a great way to relieve stress.” If you’re…

Week 4 of the college football season marked the start of conference play for many teams and it didn’t disappoint.Clemson opened the game by thoroughly dominating conference rival North Carolina State, scoring 45 points in the first half on its way to an easy win and proving it can go toe-to-toe with Miami for the ACC lead.There were some historic moments in the early going, too: James Madison scored the most points ever in a first half against North Carolina, 70-50, in a major upset. (North Carolina had never allowed that many points in a first half until Saturday.) Then…

Week 4 of college football was one of the first schedules to see conference play across the country. The arrival of this time in the season presents the first real challenge for AP Top 25 voters. The first few weeks of the season have only a handful of ranked matchups that lead to tough decisions from top to bottom of the poll. But now in conference play, voters must consider team strength beyond losses. Michigan was heavily devalued following a loss to Texas in Week 2 and failed to perform competitively in what was widely viewed as a College Football…

Real Madrid breaks a record that stood for 43 yearsReal Madrid reached a major milestone last night with a 4-1 win over Espanyol, extending their unbeaten run in La Liga to 38 games.This incredible run equals the previous record of 38 consecutive games unbeaten, set in the 1979-1980 season, and highlights the team’s dominance in the Spanish top flight.The last time Real Madrid tasted defeat in La Liga was almost a year ago in September, when they lost 3-1 to Atletico Madrid in the Madrid derby. Since that defeat, they have embarked on an incredible unbeaten run and are on…

To the Editor: Last summer, while having dinner with my husband at a restaurant in Paris, we started talking with our waiter about French politics. He told me that he had never voted in his life and never planned to vote again. I was surprised by his statement and asked him why, and he said that his vote would not make any difference to either side because neither side cared enough about the plight of workers like him. Having grown up in France, where voting was considered an essential duty, I was deeply saddened by his statement. I tried to…