VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And I'm Bob Doughty. Today we tell about the latest research and treatments for Parkinson's disease. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: In some patients, doctors place elec...
Kenya, with nearly a quarter of its 38 million people facing severe hunger, is now reporting a rapid spread of diseases affecting the country's vital wheat and banana crops. The crisis is being exacerbated by plummeting public confidence in the coun...
This is a white-footed mouse in Lyme Connecticut. This is the bacterial disease inside the mouse in Lyme Connecticut. These are the deer ticks sucking the blood of the mouse that has the bacterial disease in Lyme Connecticut. This is the tick that's...
By Carol Pearson Washington 24 April 2008 The United Nations observes World Malaria Day April 25th in support of international efforts to eliminate the disease. Organizations involved in that battle say the tide is turning in their favor. VOA's Mil A...
By Leta Hong Fincher Washington 07 March 2008 An advisory panel for a U.S. government health agency recommends greatly increasing the number of American children who receive the influenza immunization each year. The panel suggests every child from ag...
By Cindy Saine Washington 18 January 2008 Google's philanthropic arm has announced $25 million in new grants and investment to help make the world a better place. The computer search engine is focusing on projects that include disease and disaster pr...
By Noel King Kibaya, DRC 21 November 2007 As fighting continues between dissident general Laurent Nkunda and the Congolese army, displaced Congolese have packed into squalid camps that are plagued with growing health problems. Humanitarian workers ar...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 30 September 2007 The World Heart Federation says heart disease and stroke are the world's largest killers, claiming 17.5 million lives a year. Marking World Heart Day, the Federation says knowing the risk factors and leading a...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 23 August 2007 The World Health Organization warns new and emerging infectious diseases are spreading rapidly around the world threatening the health, economies and security of all nations. This year's World Health Report says...
By Sonja Pace London 07 August 2007 British police officers block a public footpath leading to a farm outside Normandy, England, where a nsecond outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease was was discovered Tuesday, 7 Aug. 2007 Foot and mouth disease has spr...