Category: Health & Lifestyle (健康 & 生活)

Many countries are closing their borders as health experts continue to study the latest version of the coronavirus, the Omicron variant. On Monday, Japan became the latest country to ban…

The World Health Organization’s Europe office estimates its 53-country area could record 700,000 additional deaths from the new coronavirus by next spring. WHO Europe is based in Denmark. The office…

A new variant of COVID-19 found in Africa has international health organizations and national leaders again concerned about virus restrictions. A group of World Health Organization experts has called the…

The Delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus is responsible for most cases of coronavirus infections worldwide, scientists say. The COVID-19 vaccines work well against the variant so far. Fully vaccinated…

The drug maker Pfizer has signed a deal with a United Nations-supported group to permit other producers to make its experimental COVID-19 pill. The agreement could make the medicine available…

Scientists have long said getting a good night’s sleep is important to your health. The U.S. National Institute of Health says lack of sleep may even increase the risk of…

From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. Outside of the city of Denver, Colorado, a large industrial building sits between an auto repair business and a…

Lee Reich is an expert on gardening who writes about the subject for the Associated Press. Recently, he wrote a story about a plant that a gardening friend could not…

Pfizer said Friday that its experimental antiviral pill for COVID-19 cut hospitalization and death rates by nearly 90 percent in high-risk adults. The American drug-maker said a group of independent…

New variants of the coronavirus can keep appearing as long as the virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic keeps infecting people. But that does not mean they will be more…

An increase in the number of people in China infected with bird flu this year is raising concern among experts. They say an earlier bird flu strain appears to have…

A new study has found that a low-cost antidepressant reduced the need for hospitalization among high-risk COVID-19 patients. The drug, called fluvoxamine, is normally used to treat mental health conditions…

Young scientists in Cape Town, South Africa are working to reverse engineer the Moderna coronavirus vaccine. That means they will carefully study all the vaccine parts to see how it…

American drug-maker Merck has agreed to let some companies produce its experimental COVID-19 pill. The move, announced Wednesday by a health organization supported by the United Nations, is aimed at…

A group of health experts says older adults without heart disease should not take aspirin to prevent a heart attack or stroke. The group says the risk of bleeding inside…