Study: Giving Local Fishermen Control Prevents Overfishing Exponential decay Tropical coral reefs are fertile fishing grounds for some 200 million small-scale fishers around the world. But many of these reefs are in decline. Tim McClanahan with the W...
Mosquitoes Genetically Modified to Prevent Malaria There may soon be a new weapon in the fight against malaria - a genetically-modified mosquito that kills the disease-causing parasite once it becomes infected. Malaria is a leading cause of death wor...
Clinton: Famine Aid Must Prevent Future Crises The United States has pledged an additional $17 million to nations in the Horn of Africa coping with severe drought. That includes $12 million for Somalia, where tens of thousands of people have died of...
BEIJING, March 24 (Xinhuanet) -- A new study has found that Actos, a medicine treats onset diabetes, could also reduce the diabetes(糖尿病) risk in people with prediabetes. The study, which was published Wednesday in New England Journal of Medicin...
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. 这里是美国之音慢速英语时事新闻节目。 A huge earthquake and tsunami destroyed a large part of northeastern Japan last week. Survivors and rescue workers stopped for one minute on Friday to...
By Margaret Besheer United Nations 26 March 2008 A new report warns that if prevention efforts in Asia are not expanded, nearly 10 million people in that region will be infected by the year 2020 with the virus that causes AIDS. From United Nations h...
By Melinda Smith Washington 25 March 2008 The World Health Organization estimates there are about 18 million people with Alzheimer's disease. And that figure is expected to double by the year 2025. Many of those Alzheimer's patients will live in deve...
By Nico Colombant Careysburg, Liberia 05 March 2008 Liberia has just one veterinarian. As part of his many government duties, the veterinarian, who is also director of livestock resources, helps prevent bird flu, following outbreaks in nearby countri...