2020-04-09 Coronavirus Patients Rush to Join Studies of Gilead Drug
The new coronavirus COVID-19 made Dr. Jag Singh a patient at his own hospital. A lung infection made it difficult for him to breathe. His doctors at Massachusetts General said…
2020-04-09 Why Health Experts Aren’t Warning about Coronavirus in Food
Chicken with salmonella bacteria can make you sick. Other foods with E. coli bacteria or noroviruses can also make you sick. So why are health officials not warning people about…
2020-04-08 Debate Continues over Drug Treatment for COVID-19 in US
American politicians and doctors are debating whether to use the drug hydroxychloroquine against the new coronavirus. The drug has been used to treat some COVID-19 patients in the United States.…
2020-04-07 Coronavirus Survivor: ‘In My Blood There May Be Answers’
Tiffany Pinckney remembers the fear she felt when the coronavirus she suffered from made it very difficult to breathe. So, when she recovered, the New York City woman became one…
2020-04-07 Baking Is Good for Mental Health
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. The world is experiencing a major health crisis. As the new coronavirus spreads, many countries are limiting their citizens’…
2020-04-06 Extroverts, Introverts Face Difficulties During Social Distancing
It took Viktery Zimmerman only two days to find ways to connect with friends and family. She and her husband are stuck inside their home in Chicago, Illinois, as ordered…
2020-04-03 Mask or No Mask?
Experts seem to agree: If you are not a health care worker, do not buy N95 masks, long considered the best of protective masks. They will not help you much,…
2020-04-05 Age Is Not the Only Risk for Severe Coronavirus Disease
Older people remain most at risk of dying from the new coronavirus disease, COVID-19. The majority of people who get COVID-19 have minor or moderate sickness. But “majority” does not…
2020-03-31 US Doctors Scramble as Coronavirus Deaths, Cases Soar
Thomas Krajewski stopped at the hospital room in the American state of Louisiana at two o’clock in the morning. The emergency department doctor was worried about his patient: A man…
2020-03-31 How COVID-19 Affects the Lungs
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. Much is unknown about the disease COVID-19. But health experts say they do know this: Age makes a big…
2020-03-27 Using Vaccines to Fight Measles in Democratic Republic of Congo
The face of Dobo Mambanza is blistered as she fights to breathe. The little girl is crying and, slowly, going blind. Her mother holds three-year-old Dobo in her arms at…
2020-03-25 How to Deal with Coronavirus (Mis)Information Overload
Information about the coronavirus seems to spread as fast as the virus itself. Sometimes it is just too much information—an overload. Some people even spread misinformation on purpose. How can…
2020-03-24 Can the World Copy South Korea’s Coronavirus Plan?
On Thursday morning, VOA’s reporter in Seoul, William Gallo, received a text message from South Korea’s emergency alert system. The message appeared on his telephone. He has received such texts…
2020-03-24 How to Keep Mentally Healthy During a Quarantine
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle Report. Several governments around the world have requested or ordered their citizens to quarantine themselves: to stay at home to…
2020-03-20 Italy’s Death Toll Passes China’s
More people have now died from COVID-19 in Italy than in China. Italy overtook China on Thursday — the same day that China reported no new cases in Wuhan. As…