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Scientists brace for El Nino: ‘Extreme events’ expected

WASHINGTON — El Nino, Nature’s chaotic climate agent, has formed in a warmed-up Pacific Ocean and is expected to grow to historic strength, meteorologists announced Thursday. Experts said the El Nino, a natural warming cycle, should further heat a globe already warming from fossil fuel ...

Pope shames world over migrants’ plight

ARGUINEGUIN, Spain — Pope Leo XIV traveled to a once-notorious epicenter of the European migration debate on Thursday, challenging countries to uphold migrants’ rights while shaming those leaders, including Christians, who turn them away with indifference. Leo issued an impassioned plea ...

Biden’s true view from the East Wing

WASHINGTON — June 27 is coming up, the date of the 2024 debate when America watched Joe Biden tank the election to Donald Trump. Remember? It would be hard to forget Democrats’ pain when we saw a ghostly Biden self-destruct and grope for words. Jill Biden tried to pretend otherwise, but ...

Horoscope: Friday, June 12

Friday, June 12 Energies like fame, competition, and desire will be managed to brilliant effect. Aries (March 21-April 19) Muscle builders don’t grow new muscles from nothing. They work repeatedly with the ones they already have, strengthening them through strain and recovery. Confidence, ...

How patients with rheumatoid arthritis receive MMR vaccine

Dear Dr. Roach: Recently, you wrote that people who were born before 1957 are likely to have had measles and don’t need to get the measles vaccine. I was born in 1954 and had measles in 1959 (with photographs to prove it). Last year, I had an MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) titer test, which ...

Information doesn’t make a bot a doc

Doctors go to school for a long time. They spend four years in college and four more in medical school. That’s followed by as many as seven years in residency programs. There can be more training for fellowships and board certifications in specific specialties. It is not just about ...