How to Grow, Eat Sunflowers Sunflowers are huge plants with bright yellow flowers. They have a long history in North America. There is evidence they were used for food and for medicine by Native Americans beginning around 1,000 B.C. The seeds from su...
Sharing Our Loneliness May Help Us Feel Less Lonely playstop mutemax volume 00:00-08:56 repeat By Anna Matteo 09 May 2022 From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. In English, there is an expression that goes like this: Laugh an...
Americans Ideas About Their Lawns Are Changing A green area of grass called a lawn has been popular in American yards for a long time. But a growing number of gardeners and homeowners now consider the lawn as something that belongs in the past. More...
As Americans slowly return to the office, they are rethinking their clothing choices at work. 随着美国人慢慢回到办公室上班，他们开始重新考虑自己在工作中的着装选择。 After two years of working from home in exercise c...
Use of Medication to End Pregnancies Is Rising A group that supports abortion rights says that drugs are used to carry out more than half of the abortions in America rather than operations. The Guttmacher Institute, a non-profit research group, said...
American health officials have placed strong restrictions on the use of Johnson Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine. The treatment carries a risk of rare but serious blood clots. 美国卫生官员对强生公司的新冠疫苗施加了严格的限制。接种该...
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that nearly 15 million people were killed either by the coronavirus or by its effects on health care systems in the past two years. 世卫组织估计，在过去两年中，有近1500万人死于新冠病毒...
Scientists have studied the full genetic information of more than 18,000 cancer samples. They found new information about the patterns of mutations, or changes, that could help doctors provide better treatment. Their study, which appeared recently in...
Choose Native Plants for Your Garden From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. Jessica Damiano moved into a new home in the spring of 2005. At the time, the only plants growing in the garden were a rhododendron bush, a few daffo...
British researchers say they have documented a case of a patient who had COVID-19 for 505 days. Experts say they think the case represents the longest infection of COVID-19 on record. 英国研究人员表示，他们记载了一名感染新冠肺炎达...
American drugmaker Moderna is asking U.S. officials to approve its COVID-19 vaccine for the nation's youngest children. Children under 5 are the only group in the United States not yet able to be vaccinated. 美国制药商莫德纳要求美国官员批...
Invasive Fruit Tree Reported Across the US In the early 1900s, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) requested an order of Callery pear tree seeds from China. The agency hoped the seeds might be a solution for a bacterial disease harming American...
Drug companies are testing new methods to improve the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines, using combination shots or nasal drops. They hope the continued research will help strengthen resistance to a continuously changing coronavirus. 制药公司正在测试...
Eight Garden Flowers Worth Revisiting In Thornton Wilder's 1938 play Our Town, people gather to enjoy the beloved scent of heliotrope flowers in the moonlight. The scene is memorable. At the time, the wonderfully light, but deeply sweet smell of heli...
Plant Native Plants to Support Local Environment, Wildlife Earth Day is April 22. Every year, people around the world observe the day by helping to care for the environment. They carry out all kinds of activities in an effort to better the planet's h...
