2022-07-04 Don’t Buy Fertilizer! It Is All Around You.
The cost of everything – from fuel to food – seems to be rising around the world. So, growing our…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…