2020-07-07 US Drugmaker Begins Late Stage COVID-19 Antibodies Trial
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health and Lifestyle report. Drug-maker Regeneron Pharmaceuticals announced on Monday it has started…
2020-07-06 Scientists Just Beginning to Understand COVID-19 Health Problems
Scientists are only beginning to understand the health problems that are caused by the novel coronavirus. Some of these problems…
2020-07-05 Researchers Launch Large Trials of COVID-19 Candidate Vaccines
The next few months will be an important time for researchers who are developing vaccines to protect against the novel…
2020-07-03 New Study Suggests Ways to Stop Coronavirus’ Spread
A recent study of coronavirus infections in Italy found that around 40 percent of cases showed no signs of infection,…
2020-06-30 Vaccine Makers Face Biggest Medical Manufacturing Feat in History
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. Much of the world is watching and waiting for…
2020-06-30 COVID-19 Drug to Cost $2340
Gilead Sciences said Monday it will charge $2,340 for usual treatment of remdesivir, a drug that is used to shorten…
2020-06-29 Study: Inequalities Make Poor More Likely to Die From COVID-19
Researchers from Imperial College London say the chance of dying from COVID-19 rises with increasing poverty. They blame inequalities in…
2020-06-26 Safe, New Way to Socialize: ‘Support Bubbles’
Are there safe ways to spend time with friends during the pandemic? To answer this question, health experts have been…
2020-06-23 Flowers You Can Eat
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. Flowers are an important part of our natural world.…
2020-06-19 Race for COVID-19 Vaccine Could Leave Some Countries Behind
Researchers are in a hurry to develop an effective vaccine against the new coronavirus. As the race intensifies, wealthy countries…
2020-06-18 WHO ‘Welcomes’ Results of COVID-19 Drug Trial
The World Health Organization (WHO) says it welcomes early results of a human trial of the drug dexamethasone to treat…
2020-06-17 Survivor Plasma Studied to Possibly Prevent Coronavirus Infection
Researchers are launching a study to see whether blood plasma from coronavirus survivors can block infection in others. The study…
2020-06-16 Search for COVID-19 Vaccine Includes Animal Tests
Scientists say they are carrying out tests on monkeys, ferrets and other animals in the search for a vaccine for…
2020-06-15 Alpaca Helps to Make COVID-19 Vaccine
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. In Sweden, scientists are looking to a farm animal…
2020-06-13 Confusion over How to Deal with the Virus
Can you spread the new coronavirus if you do not feel sick? Do you need to wear a nose and…