UN Highlights Threat of Non-Communicable Diseases Heads of state and government representatives assembled at the United Nations this week to address the emerging threat of non-communicable diseases worldwide. One of those so-called NCDs is cancer. Fo...
By Ricci Shryock Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 29 April 2008 New research shows a community-controlled approach to fighting illness has doubled the malaria coverage for children in some African villages during the past three years. Ricci Shryock has more...
By Tom Rivers London 04 August 2007 Foot-and-mouth disease has appeared again in Britain, six years after it sparked the widespread slaughter of about seven million cows throughout the country in an effort to contain the outbreak. For VOA, Tom Rivers...
今天我们要给大家介绍两个以"嘴巴"这个字为主的习惯用语- mouth。大家可能还记得上次我们讲过,to bad-mouth and to shoot one's mouth off. To bad-mouth就是说别人坏...
Kurt Achin It is rainy season in Southeast Asia, and the region is facing its annual battle with dengue fever and other mosquito-borne diseases. The World Health Organization says such diseases are a...