Sickle Cell Disease Cases Are Increasing Basic health interventions may significantly reduce deaths among young children with sickle cell anemia. The illness causes the body to produce sickle or disc shaped red blood cells making it difficult for the...
Defense Opens in Manning WikiLeaks Case It is his lawyers' chance to try to convince a panel of military jurors that Bradley Manning is a whistleblower, not a traitor. The defense opened its case Monday with a combat video leaked by Manning of a 2007...
DONGGANG, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- Ninety-five citizens of Donggang city in northeast China's Liaoning province have been hospitalized for suspected infection by hepatitis C at a clinic that gave them injections, local authorities announced on Monday. A st...
Karzai Makes His Case For Post-2014 US Assistance The Pentagon was an important stop for President Hamid Karzai to discuss a security arrangement for after U.S. combat troops leave Afghanistan. Standing with U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, Karza...
US Supreme Court Hears Racial Preference Case Outside the Supreme Court in Washington people gathered to have their opinions heard. The high court is deciding whether schools can consider race when admitting students. Some, like University of Texas s...
JP Morgan Losses Bolster Case for New Financial Regulations It's one of the world's biggest investment banks, and its CEO is among the harshest critics of government efforts to rein in risky financial bets. But in a late night conference call to shar...
Social Media Drives Publicity in Trayvon Martin Case Across the United States, African Americans mobilized in memory of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, and in protest over the fact that the man who shot him had initially avoided criminal charges. Early o...
Health Report - Dementia Cases May Triple by 2050 as World Ages 健康报道 - 随着全球老龄化,到2050年老年痴呆症病例可能增至3倍 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语健康报道。 Dem...
US Shooting Case Puts Spotlight on Controversial Law Neighborhood Watch volunteer George Zimmerman said he shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in self-defense during a confrontation, after calling the police emergency line to report a suspicious person:...
Spanish Police Arrest Algerian in Bombing Case Gil Carbajal Police in Spain have arrested an Algerian man and are searching for at least five Moroccans suspected of involvement in last Thursday's bomb...