US President Donald Trump directed the Pentagon to reduce American. military presence in Germany by September, the media reported....
Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has changed the name of a street in front of the White House to "Black Lives Matter Plaza" in support of the protests against alleged police brutalities targeting the black community in the country....

Patients with raised blood pressure have a two-fold increased risk of dying from the coronavirus (Covid-19) compared to patients without high blood pressure, warn researchers....

The study, published in the journal Critical Care Medicine, also indicated that the mortality rate of critically ill Covid-19 patients who required mechanical ventilation is also lower than previously thought....
An Indian-American businessman has been praised for protecting about 70 people from arrest for violating curfew in Washington during protests against police brutality....
Gen Martin Dempsey, a former US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman, has denounced President Donald Trump's threat to use troops to suppress the ongoing nationwide protests against the death of African-American George Floyd....

There has been a massive increase in psychological distress among adults in the US during the Covid-19 pandemic. Young adults aged 18-29 years, adults across ages in low-income households and Hispanics across ages have expressed the highest psychological distress, according to a new survey by Johns Hopkins University....

Researchers in the US have urged a temporary prohibition on prescribing chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), with or without azithromycin, to treat or prevent Covid-19....

Chicago reopened its businesses amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the recent protests triggered by the death of a black man in police brutality....

Controlling the rioting and looting that have accompanied the nationwide campaign against police encounter killings in the US has become a contentious issue and Defence Secretary Mark Esper has openly opposed President Donald Trump's suggestion to use the military to quell the disturbances....