By Meredith Buel Derry, New Hampshire 06 January 2008 Arizona Senator John McCain, according to the latest public opinion polls in New Hampshire, has surged to the top of the pack of Republican candidates seeking to win their party's presidential nom...
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 28 February 2007 Italy's Prime Minister Romano Prodi won a confidence vote in the Senate on Wednesday, exactly one week after he submitted his resignation. Sabina Castelfranco reports from Rome for VOA that the vote ensure...
By June Soh Gaithersburg, Maryland 24 August 2006 watch Libraries report Public libraries in some U.S. communities are expanding their services to accommodate their increasingly diverse clientele. The report is narrated by Amy Katz. ----- A group of...
By Melinda Smith Washington, DC 27 July 2006 watch Surgery report Having surgery used to mean the permanent memento of an ugly scar. But the trend in modern surgery is something called M.I.P., which stands for Minimally Invasive Procedure. There are...
By Jane M Friedman Washington, DC 24 April 2006 watch Surgeon Gender report Historically, women medical students have chosen not to become surgeons, a specialty dominated by men. Women, it was said, w...
By Steve Schy Turin 15 February 2006 If you think you are too old or too young to compete in the Olympics, you may be in for a shock. As VOA's Steve Schy covers the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Ital...
HEALTH REPORT – November 13, 2002: Aspirin After Bypass Surgery By Jerilyn Watson This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A new study says the common drug aspirin greatly reduces life-threate...
Would you know what to do during a really big earthquake? Experts have looked into the matter carefully. It may be worth your while to look over the following tips they have for us. If the ground begi...