SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Medical Experts Debate Value of Alcohol Use This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Im Barbara Klein. And Im Bob Doughty. Drinking alcohol is socially acceptable behavior in many parts of the world. Some medical expe...
Experts call for child abuse crime after kindergarten scandals BEIJING, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- A crime of child abuse should be established in law to better protect children from abusive teachers or household nurses, according to Chinese experts. The la...
Technology Report - Experts Work to Develop Better Tools to Predict Severe Weather This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. Americas National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is celebrating the one year anniversary of its Weather-Read...
Education Report - Experts Suggest Ways to Help International Students Make Friends with American Students This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Last week, we told how some international students have few friends in their host country whe...
Health Experts: One Last Push Needed to Eliminate Polio The oral polio vaccine has cut the number of polio cases worldwide by 99 percent since 1988. For the past 10 years, though, eliminating that last percent has remained a challenge. Even though th...
Experts Call for Action as Europe's Crisis Festers Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has been holding another round of meetings with key European leaders like German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Samaras wants more time to implement painful reforms. A...
Experts: Tightening Iran Sanctions Hurts Ordinary Iranians Tehran's refusal to address international concerns about its atomic ambitions has forced the United States and the United Nations to tighten sanctions on Iran. U.S. authorities are investigat...
Education Report - Experts Suggest Ways to Help International Students Make Friends with American Students This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Last week, we told how some international students have few friends in their host country whe...
Expert: Jihadists Joining With Syrian Rebels Free Syria Army fighters on the outskirts of Aleppo earlier this month. As Western and Gulf powers step up their aid for the Syrian opposition, concerns are growing that Islamist militant groups are infilt...
Experts See Hopeful Agenda at International AIDS Conference A new report from the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS, or UNAIDS, says a record eight million HIV-positive people around the world are now getting life-saving treatment for the viru...