2022-07-01 WHO Says Omicron Variant Pushing Up World COVID Cases, Deaths
The World Health Organization (WHO) says COVID cases increased by 18 percent around the world in the last week. The rise is mostly due to the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron…
2022-06-27 How to Slowly Make a ‘Natives Only’ Garden
From VOA Learning English this is the Health & Lifestyle report. Home gardeners are becoming more educated about the importance of native plants in the ecosystem. With a deeper knowledge…
2022-06-23 WHO Considers Declaring Monkeypox a Global Health Emergency
The World Health Organization (WHO) held an emergency meeting Thursday over the worldwide spread of monkeypox. The health agency is considering whether to declare the outbreak a global health emergency.…
2022-06-20 How to Protect Your Garden from Serious Storms
Summer is a time for gardeners to enjoy the beauty of flowers and the harvesting of fruits and vegetables they have grown. But gardeners also recognize the risks that severe…
2022-06-19 ‘Off Grid’ Living No Longer Means Far Away from Others
“Off-grid” or “off-the-grid” is a term for living away from public power and water supplies. In the past, that often meant trying to survive or live on land far away…
2022-06-18 How Gardeners Can Control Harmful Insects, Protect Helpful Ones
Most gardeners know this story. They have planted beautiful gardens and they are happy to see helpful insects like bees and butterflies surrounding the flowers. But as they take a…
2022-06-13 Studies: Some Cancer Patients May Not Need Treatments after Surgery
After surgery, some cancer patients can safely avoid treatments such as radiation or chemotherapy, say two recent studies that explore shorter, gentler cancer care. Researchers are looking for ways to…
2022-06-13 US: Pfizer COVID Shot Appears Effective for Children under 5
American health officials said Sunday that Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine appears to be safe and effective for children under 5. Children under 5 is the only group not yet able to…
2022-06-06 Some Plants Grow Well Together, Some Don’t
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. People who grow fruit and vegetables in their gardens may worry about which plants to plant near each other.…
2022-06-01 Mutated COVID-19 Version Spreading Across US
Medical experts say the most dominant form of COVID-19 currently spreading in the United States appears to spread faster than earlier variants, or versions. In addition, it might be better…
2022-05-30 What Causes Mystery Liver Illnesses in Children?
Health officials are still looking for answers related to mysterious cases of severe liver damage in hundreds of young children around the world. The best available evidence points to a…
2022-05-30 Avoid These Five Gardening Mistakes
Much of gardening is learned by trial and error – that means, from mistakes. We have all been in that situation. The good news is we can learn from other…
2022-05-29 Pfizer to Sell Low-Cost Drugs to Poor Countries
The drug company Pfizer will make all of its patented medicines available at a not-for-profit price to 45 of the poorest countries. The company announced the effort at the recent…
2022-05-24 WHO Chief Tedros Is Reelected to Second Term
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has been reelected to a second term. His reelection was confirmed Tuesday by the WHO’s governing body, the World Health Assembly. The…
2022-05-23 How to Grow Plants with Little Sun
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. Some people might think that growing plants without much sun is a difficult, if not impossible, task. With little…