Working men with higher incomes are more likely to develop high blood pressure, reports a study presented at the 84th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Japanese Circulation Society (JCS 2020). JCS 2020 takes place online from July 27 to August 2 in conjunction with the Asian Pacific Society of Cardiology Congress 2020 (APSC 2020). Joint…
Local residents in Chengdu flocked to the US consulate on Sunday, taking selfies and waving Chinese flags, as officials prepared to remove its official plaque just days after Washington and Beijing each ordered the other to close a diplomatic mission.On Sunday, a constant stream of onlookers in the city of 16.5 million people flowed past…
A 'wall of vets' joined the front lines of protests in Portland, Oregon Friday, the New York Times reported.The military veterans joined the protests to support protester's rights to free speech one week after a navy veteran was struck by a federal officer after approaching them to ask a question, according to the report. The veterans…
There’s 2020, and then there’s 2020 in the Rio Grande Valley, where devastation has struck on two fronts in a perfect storm of disaster — all before summer’s end. While no one in the Valley needs a reminder that the area has endured a pandemic of biblical proportions for more than a month, things became…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…