2020-04-09 Wuhan Ends Lockdown, Health Workers Worldwide Under Strain
After 76 days in lockdown, the Chinese city has reopened. Tens of thousands of people immediately left Wuhan on trains…
2020-04-09 Coronavirus Patients Rush to Join Studies of Gilead Drug
The new coronavirus COVID-19 made Dr. Jag Singh a patient at his own hospital. A lung infection made it difficult…
2020-04-09 Why Health Experts Aren’t Warning about Coronavirus in Food
Chicken with salmonella bacteria can make you sick. Other foods with E. coli bacteria or noroviruses can also make you…
2020-04-08 Debate Continues over Drug Treatment for COVID-19 in US
American politicians and doctors are debating whether to use the drug hydroxychloroquine against the new coronavirus. The drug has been…
2020-04-07 Coronavirus Survivor: ‘In My Blood There May Be Answers’
Tiffany Pinckney remembers the fear she felt when the coronavirus she suffered from made it very difficult to breathe. So,…
2020-04-07 Baking Is Good for Mental Health
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. The world is experiencing a major health crisis. As…
2020-04-06 Extroverts, Introverts Face Difficulties During Social Distancing
It took Viktery Zimmerman only two days to find ways to connect with friends and family. She and her husband…
2020-04-03 Mask or No Mask?
Experts seem to agree: If you are not a health care worker, do not buy N95 masks, long considered the…
2020-04-05 Age Is Not the Only Risk for Severe Coronavirus Disease
Older people remain most at risk of dying from the new coronavirus disease, COVID-19. The majority of people who get…
2020-03-31 US Doctors Scramble as Coronavirus Deaths, Cases Soar
Thomas Krajewski stopped at the hospital room in the American state of Louisiana at two o’clock in the morning. The…
2020-03-31 How COVID-19 Affects the Lungs
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. Much is unknown about the disease COVID-19. But health…
2020-03-27 Using Vaccines to Fight Measles in Democratic Republic of Congo
The face of Dobo Mambanza is blistered as she fights to breathe. The little girl is crying and, slowly, going…
2020-03-25 How to Deal with Coronavirus (Mis)Information Overload
Information about the coronavirus seems to spread as fast as the virus itself. Sometimes it is just too much information—an…
2020-03-24 Can the World Copy South Korea’s Coronavirus Plan?
On Thursday morning, VOA’s reporter in Seoul, William Gallo, received a text message from South Korea’s emergency alert system. The…
2020-03-24 How to Keep Mentally Healthy During a Quarantine
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle Report. Several governments around the world have requested or ordered…