Category: Health & Lifestyle (健康 & 生活)

Reports of COVID-19 infection among fully vaccinated people are increasing. Olympic athletes, lawmakers and heads of state are among the vaccinated who have tested positive for the virus. Such infections…

Australian researchers say a treatment found in the venom of one of the world’s deadliest spiders could save the lives of heart attack victims. A team from the University of…

From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. No matter what you choose to grow in the garden, at some point, you will have to deal with…

In 1896, many birds were killed so women of high social standing in the United States could wear hats made with their feathers. Two women, Minna Hall and Harriet Hemenway…

The average life expectancy for people in the United States fell by one year and a half in 2020. The decrease marks the largest one-year drop since World War II,…

Books are a great way to escape everyday life. We get to experience new places, people, and situations outside of our own lives. Some readers escape with fantasy stories. Some…

From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. In the United States, the law views domestic animals, or pets, as property when married people legally separate.A cat…

A virus that usually sickens children during cold weather months has surprised doctors and put many babies in the hospital in the United States. The virus is called RSV, or…

The number of COVID-19 cases in the United States is increasing again after months of falling numbers. The number of new cases a day has increased by 100 percent over…

From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. In the United States, deaths related to the use of the pain-killing drugs opioids have long been described as…

Several countries around Asia and the Pacific Ocean have moved quickly to stop a new increase in coronavirus cases. The number of infections has risen quickly in recent months in…

Gardeners cannot always tell how much rain has fallen. Your garden area may seem completely wet after a strong, short period of rain. But if you put your finger a…

From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. Hot weather kills hundreds of people every year. The World Health Organization estimates that from 1998 to 2017 more…

The medical services for pregnant women at the health clinic closest to Monica Maxwell’s home in Malawi were free. The cost to get there, however, was more than Maxwell could…

Ross Bagne was a 68-year-old small-business owner in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He could have gotten the COVID-19 vaccine in early February but decided not to. He became infected. He died on…