Asian Water Summit Focuses on Security, Disaster There was no sign of a water shortage here in northern Thailand as delegates gathered for the Asia-Pacific Water summit. But inside, there was talk about an impending crisis facing Asia. For the region...
War On Terror Focuses Too Much on Extremists, Scholar Says French troops fighting al-Qaida-affiliated terrorists in Mali have helped restore order to areas overrun by an ethnic Tuareg rebellion. But local leaders, like Moussa Ag Oumeytta, say solving...
Kerry Trip Focuses on Israel-Turkey Relations Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently apologized to Turkey for a deadly 2010 maritime commando raid in a gesture brokered by President Obama designed to restore diplomatic relations between t...
Gary Allan's 'Set You Free' Focuses on Hope Every Storm (Runs Out of Rain) is the lead single from Set You Free. The million-selling song became the California natives fastest-rising chart hit to date, and his fourth to top the Country list. Allan sa...
Pertussis Rises, Research Focuses on Vaccine Pertussis is one of the leading causes of unnecessary infant and child deaths worldwide. The deaths could largely be prevented with a vaccine. Most of the cases of pertussis occur in developing countries,...
Kenyan Organization Focuses on Scourge of Jiggers It is dubbed the silent killer because everyone wants to hide the condition. The feeling of shame at having it is unbearable. Agnes Wayua knows this only too well. Her 10 children were infected with j...
Rent-A-Grandma Focuses on Hiring Older Workers As the United States struggles with a high unemployment rate, many older Americans looking for work say it is especially difficult for them to find employment because of their age. According to the U.S....
NYWellnessWeekFocusesonPrevention The air was crisp and the music was loud in the vast plaza in front of the New York State office building in Harlem as health advocates and vendors set up information tables for Harlem Wellness Week. It is a wide-ran...
SouthKoreanLabFocusesonNeglectedDiseases A branch of a French research institute is developing new drugs to combat diseases mainly afflicting developing countries - including so-called neglected diseases, which kill millions of people each year. Thes...
HEALTH REPORT- World AIDS Day 2004 Focuses on Risk to Women and Girls By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 I'm Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Health Report. December first...