2024-04-27 ‘Pillbot’ Could Explore Inner Human Body
A new, small robotic camera designed to be swallowed for use in medical examinations was recently demonstrated at a conference in Canada. The device called PillBot can be guided through…
2024-04-26 WHO Clarifies What It Means for Disease to Spread ‘Through the Air’
International health experts have agreed on a new definition of what it means for a disease to spread “through the air.” The agreement came after the World Health Organization (WHO)…
2024-04-22 April’s Gardening To-do List
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. For people who garden, April is an important month. Whether you live in the northern or southern hemisphere, weather…
2024-04-15 Study Finds Many New Cancer Drugs Show Limited Success
A new study has found that 41 percent of cancer drugs receiving accelerated government approval do not improve survival or quality of life. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s)…
2024-04-14 Serbian Center Cares for Old, Forgotten Animals
Serbian Zeljko Ilicic saved his first horse from death 12 years ago and found his calling. Ilicic is now 43. He set up the Balkan country’s only horse sanctuary in…
2024-04-10 Peru Claims World’s Oldest Person Ever at Age 124
Peru’s Andes Mountains might be home to the oldest person ever to have lived — at the age of 124. The South American country’s government has claimed that a man…
2024-04-08 US Officials Warn of Increase in Bacterial Illnesses That Could Be Deadly
United States health officials are warning of an increase in rare bacterial illnesses that can lead to meningitis. It is a serious and often deadly disease in which an outside…
2024-04-08 Study: Humans Give More Viruses to Animals Than They Give Us
Some of the deadliest diseases to infect humans have come from pathogens that jumped from animals to people. The virus that causes AIDS, for example, came from chimpanzees. And many…
2024-04-01 AI Chatbots to Help with Mental Health Struggles
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. The mental health chatbot Earkick greets users with a friendly-looking panda that could fit easily in a children’s program.…
2024-03-25 New Way to Fight Brain Cancer Shows Promise
A new way to fight an extremely aggressive kind of brain tumor is showing promise in two experiments with a small number of patients. For the experiments, scientists took patients’…
2024-03-20 Marriages in South Korea Rise Slightly after Years of Decrease
The number of marriages in South Korea rose in 2023 for the first time in more than ten years. The increase came after the pandemic which forced some couples to…
2024-03-19 California Lawmaker Wants to Know What Makes People Happy
March 20 is the United Nations’ International Day of Happiness. For many years, northern European countries, especially Finland, have been named among the happiest countries on Earth. The United States…
2024-03-18 US Approves Weight-loss Drug to Reduce Heart Disease Risk
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. In 2021, the U.S. food and drug agency approved the drug Wegovy for weight loss. Now, the Food and…
2024-03-15 Are Tiny Plastic Particles in Our Bodies Harmful?
A new study examines possible harm caused by microscopic pieces of plastic that end up inside people’s bodies. These materials – known as microplastics and nanoplastics – can enter the…
2024-03-11 Scientists Grow Mini-organs in Cells from Pregnancy Fluid
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health and Lifestyle report. British researchers say they have grown small human organs using cells removed from fluid that protects developing fetuses. These…