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9 in 10 American adults prone to heart disease

Published on: May 9, 2024
18:18

Washington, May 9 (Prensa Latina) Nine of 10 American adults are in the early, middle or late stages of a syndrome that leads to heart disease, a new report finds, and almost 10% have the disease already. "Poor cardiovascular, kidney, and metabolic health is widespread among the U.S. population," concludes a team led by Dr. Muthiah Vaduganathan of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston.

Venezuela denounces presence of US ship in the Caribbean

Published on: May 9, 2024
15:10

Caracas, May 9 (Prensa Latina) Venezuela's Defense Minister General Vladimir Padrino denounced on Thursday the presence of the USS George Washington aircraft carrier in the Caribbean and the threat it poses to regional peace.

U.S. sends 13 irregular migrants back to Cuba

Published on: May 7, 2024
17:57

Havana, May 7 (Prensa Latina) The U.S. Coast Guard on Tuesday deported back to Cuba 13 irregular migrants who had left illegally on April 23 from the southern city of Cienfuegos to Mexico.

American researchers create sound-suppressing silk for quiet spaces

Published on: May 7, 2024
17:21

Washington, May 7 (Prensa Latina) Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States, have engineered a hair-thin fabric to create a lightweight, compact and efficient mechanism to reduce noise trnsmission in large rooms.

Mexican, U.S. authorities hold talks on security and migration

Published on: May 7, 2024
16:13

Mexico City, May 7 (Prensa Latina) The Mexican Secretary of Foreign Affairs Alicia Barcena held a bilateral meeting on Tuesday with the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

USA: Stormy Daniels takes stand in Trump trial

Published on: May 7, 2024
15:05

Washington, May 7 (Prensa Latina) The center of discord in Donald Trump trial: Stormy Daniels, the pron actor took stand on Tuesday as witness at the Manhattan courthouse.

Converting CO2 into methanol, a new proposal to tackle climate change

Published on: May 7, 2024
14:57

Washington, May 7 (Prensa Latina) The use of a new catalytic material, cobalt phthalocyanine, converts carbon dioxide (CO2) into methanol, which could contribute to lowering CO2 high emissions that is polluting the atmosphere nowadays.

Remove Cuba from SST list, claims Cuban Americans

Published on: May 6, 2024
15:01

Washington, May 6 (Prensa Latina) With the request to remove Cuba from the state-sponsor-of-terrorism (SST) list, a group of Cuban Americans representing various organizations in the United States on Monday handed over a letter to President Joe Biden.

USA: Young voters to decide to vote for independent or third party

Published on: May 3, 2024
15:54

Washington, May 3 (Prensa Latina) Many young American voters are today thinking of supporting independent or third party candidates for upcoming November 2024 elections because they are mad at both President Joe Biden and Donald Trump.

Cuba condemns impact of coercive measures against culture of peace

Published on: May 2, 2024
16:01

United Nations, May 2 (Prensa Latina) Cuba on Thursday rejected the impact of coercive measures against the culture of peace promoted by the United Nations, considering these provisions as contrary to the UN Charter and International Law.

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