2020-02-08 Gates Foundation Promises $100 Million to Fight New Coronavirus
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said this week it will provide up to $100 million to support action against…
2020-02-07 WHO: Cancers Increasing But Not a ‘Death Sentence’
The World Health Organization reports cancer is on the increase around the world. But it says preventive measures can save…
2020-02-06 What Is Lab-Grown Shrimp?
The company Shiok Meats in Singapore aims to bring laboratory-grown shrimp to the food industry. Concerns about health, animals and…
2020-02-05 Conflicting Studies Point to Meat Moderation as Health Diet
A new study on people who eat red meat has found they have higher risks of heart disease and early…
2020-02-04 Health Experts Prepared to Deal with Coronavirus Epidemic
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday that the world has nearly 17,400 confirmed cases of the Novel Coronavirus.…
2020-02-04 US University Defends Against Coronavirus
On its large campus in the middle of America, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is trying to keep the…
2020-02-04 Brain Injuries in Iraq Put Attention on Unseen War Wounds
Americans have been hearing more about brain injuries after an Iranian missile attack on United States forces in Iraq. The…
2020-01-31 WHO Declares Coronavirus Outbreak a Global Emergency
The World Health Organization has declared the coronavirus outbreak from China a “public health emergency of international concern.” The virus…
2020-01-29 New Coronavirus: What We Know
What is a coronavirus? Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that cause disease in mammals and birds. Coronaviruses can…
2020-01-28 Commuters May Get Less Sleep and Exercise
People who work long hours and have long commutes to their jobs may be more likely to have sleep problems…
2020-01-21 Normal Bad Mood or Depression?
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. The transition from childhood to the teenage years can…
2020-01-20 Smoke from Wildfires Has Long Term Health Effects
Increasingly intense wildfires are burning forests across Australia and the western United States. They are fueling concern among locals and…
2020-01-16 WHO Concerned about Possible New Coronavirus in China
Chinese officials and the World Health Organization (WHO) are trying to contain an outbreak of pneumonia in the central Chinese…
2020-01-14 New Diet Trend in America: Intermittent Fasting
The latest diet trend in America is also an ancient human activity. The activity is fasting, or not eating food…
2020-01-13 What Is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?
Chronic fatigue syndrome is one of the most troubling mysteries in modern medicine. Many years after first recognizing the disorder,…