Health

About 70% of inmates at a Central Virginia prison have tested positive for COVID-19 so far. Hanover’s Pamanki Regional Jail, about 20 miles north of Richmond, announced in a press release on Wednesday that 124 of the 178 inmates tested for Covid-19 had received positive results. In addition, 20 of …

A living person in his natural abode (Nisa of Fameg). Credit: Da Yu-feng Hu From Alfred Russell Vallace Les, “Father of Zoosgraphy” in collaboration with Frederick Moore, the first article to study the island’s Lepidopterans in 1866: From “Alfred Russell Vallace Les, the father of zoography” At that time, in …

U.S. Vaping by adolescents has dropped dramatically this year, especially among middle schoolchildren, according to a federal report released Wednesday. Experts believe some children may be frightened by the outbreak of steam-related illnesses and deaths last year, but they believe other factors, including age limits and restrictions on taste, have …

A worrying new study has found that a growing percentage of Americans have uncontrolled high blood pressure, further evidence that the nation is losing ground in the fight against heart disease. Hypertension, often referred to as the “silent killer,” is also one of the main risks of serious illness from …

Wall Street may be ready to reverse Wednesday’s stock surge by making a futures decision, as investors also wait to hear the European Central Bank’s press conference and weekly job numbers. Investors in the U.S. Investors are coming down the aisle this year, promising to hang around the election looms …