WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Aug. 16 (TNSfund) -- Wake Forest University issued the following news: Wake Forest alumni Frank and Kathy Bragg, former choir students in the late 1950s and early 60s, have given $1 million to endow a fund that will allow students participating in the University's Chamber Choir to take their performances on the road without concern for cost. The Thane McDonald Wake Forest Choir Tour Fund will cover the cost of travel and lodging for 32 to 40 Chamber Choir members  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Aug. 16 (TNSres) -- Wake Forest University issued the following news: On August 4, with little explanation, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) told PredictIt, one of the most widely followed political forecasting markets, that it would have to shut down after U.S. regulators withdrew permission for the betting service to operate. The move upended the political gambling industry. Political futures are markets in which investors purchase shares of  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 (TNSjou) -- The American College of Cardiology issued the following news release: Hypertension is a prevalent condition among the least educated and poorest people in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), despite often presumed low rates of common risk factors like sedentary lifestyle and obesity, according to a study published today in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. However, investment in interventions toward reducing hypertension rates and risk in t  more