By Lisa Schlein Geneva 16 May 2007 In a just released report Wednesday, Handicap International says hundreds of millions of people worldwide face a daily risk of death or maiming by cluster bombs. Lisa Schlein has more for VOA from Geneva, where the...
By Zulima Palacio Washington 07 May 2007 US and Iraqi Army soldiers patrol an area in Baghdad's al-Karrada neighborhood (file) The United States Department of Defense released Friday the results of a survey on the mental health and well being of the...
By Paul Sisco Washington 04 May 2007 The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on Friday plans to issue a third report on ways to offset global warming. Scientists and government administrators from more than 120 countries have bee...
By David McAlary Washington 20 April 2007 An international human rights group says child soldiers as young as 13 are serving in the army of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Human Rights Watch is urging the Congolese government to release the estimat...
By Melinda Smith Washington, D.C. 05 April 2007 Watch Daycare Study Millions of people around the world send their young children to daycare centers places where children too young for regular school are looked after while their parents are at work,...
By Carol Pearson Washington 28 March 2007 watch Stent Study report A new, landmark study finds heart stents devices used to open blocked arteries - may not be as effective in the long term as medication in preventing heart attacks. VOA's Carol Pears...
By Carol Pearson Washington 13 March 2007 watch Medication and Children A major study finds that 80 percent of children in U.S. hospitals receive medication that has been tested and approved only for adults. This often leaves pediatricians to a pote...
By Greg Flakus Houston, Texas 12 March 2007 watch National Oil Companies A new study of state-owned oil companies says these so-called National Oil Companies, or NOCs, control most of the world's known energy reserves and hold the key to any increas...
By Jessica Berman Washington 28 February 2007 According to the results of a new study, antioxidant vitamin supplements taken by people to promote their health may actually shorten their life. The findings were based on a review of dozens of studies o...
By David McAlary Washington 28 February 2007 watch Barry Unger HPV report A sexually-transmitted virus that is a leading cause of female cancer deaths in developing countries is also very prevalent in the United States. It is the human papillomaviru...