US Noticias

Recovery Efforts in Flood Ravaged Louisiana Continue

VOA NEWS WAYNE LEE A massive disaster recovery effort is underway in the southeastern state of Louisiana, as flood victims continue to clean homes, rebuild, and search for people who may have been trapped by widespread flooding. The flooding has been so powerful that caskets have been swept away from some cemeteries. The flooding, which […]Load more...

Salud

Top Expert: US Can Expect Zika to ‘Hang Around’ for

The United States can expect the Zika virus to «hang around» as long as two more years, with the Gulf Coast states being the most vulnerable, according to one of the country’s top medical experts. «I would not be surprised if we see cases in Texas, in Louisiana, particularly now where you have a situation […]Load more...

Política

Donald Trump Makes New Effort for Black, Hispanic Support

Ken Bredemeier WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, badly trailing Democratic contender Hillary Clinton among minority voters, is making a new pitch to court support among African Americans and Hispanics. Trump, a real estate mogul making his first run at elected office, told a largely white crowd of supporters in the Mid-Atlantic state of Virginia […]Load more...

Noticias del mundo

Maduro amenaza con una represión más fuerte que en Turquía

Álvaro Algarra – Caracas, Venezuela Voz de América El presidente venezolano, Nicolás Maduro, ha hecho varios llamados a la oposición en días recientes para que no salga a las calles. El presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, durante una alocución en cadena nacional de radio y televisión amenazó a todos los ciudadanos opositores que salgan a […]Load more...

Política

Trump Campaign Chair Resigns After Staff Shakeup

Republican Presidential nominee Donald’s Trump’s campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, has resigned, the campaign said in a statement released Friday. Manafort’s role was diminished this week when Trump hired a new campaign chief executive officer and campaign manager to try to help the nominee reverse falling poll numbers that have deeply worried Republican party leaders. Manafort […]Load more...

Salud

New Research: Zika Could Also Affect Adult Brain

The Zika virus, which U.S. health officials have determined threaten fetal brain development, also could pose risks to adult brains – and not just those of infected pregnant women. New research, published in the journal Cell Stem Cell on Thursday, suggests the virus may damage cells that affect adults’ memory and learning. In experiments with […]Load more...

Salud

Mayan Science Still Giving Up Secrets

Who remembers the Mayan Calendar that ended in 2012, and how it was supposed to presage the end of the world? That was funny, Hollywood made a movie about it. Needless to say we’re still here. What was arguably lost in all of the sad speculation and fear-mongering of the end-of-the-world crowd was the sheer […]Load more...

Salud

Customizable Vaccine Could Fight Numerous Diseases

As the Zika virus spreads through the Americas and into the United States, there’s been a scramble to develop a vaccine against it. Some of those vaccines are now entering clinical trials. Omar Kahn, a chemical engineer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, hopes his customizable vaccine will soon follow. The vaccine uses messenger RNA, a […]Load more...