SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - A Possible Blood Test for Alzheimers Disease JUNE SIMMS: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. Im June Simms. SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: And Im Shirley Griffith. Today we tell about Alzheimers disease. More than a century...
Billion People Suffer from Neglected Tropical Diseases A billion people around the world suffer from neglected tropical diseases, and the global health community is working to develop new drugs, vaccines and diagnostics. But experts note that success...
EmergingEconomies,EmergingDiseases Emerging economies such as China, India and South Africa are discovering there is a downside to prosperity. As incomes rise, health can decline. On Monday, the U.N. opens a high-level meeting on non-communicable dis...
SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Polio: How an Ancient Disease Met a Modern Prevention By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English....