2020-08-18 Getting Married during a Pandemic
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. Marriage ceremonies, or weddings, are among the most important…
2020-08-11 How to Safely Care for COVID-19 Patients at Home
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. Even though COVID-19 has been around for months, there…
2020-08-07 Could Mumbai’s Poor Areas Become Resistant to COVID-19?
A recent study of the poorest areas in India’s city of Mumbai found that more than half of the people…
2020-08-05 COVID-19 and Your Pet: What You Need to Know
The new coronavirus continues to infect people around the world, so many of us are looking for information about the…
2020-08-04 WHO: ‘There’s No Silver Bullet’ against COVID-19
The World Health Organization, or WHO, warned on Monday that there might never be a “silver bullet” or an extraordinary…
2020-07-28 Can You Get COVID-19 Twice?
The Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 tracker estimates that over 16 million people worldwide have been infected with the coronavirus that…
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…
2020-06-29 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…
2020-06-18 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…
2020-06-15 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…
2020-05-12 Is COVID Affecting Your Dreams?
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle Report. For millions of people around the world, the coronavirus…
2020-04-18 Do Old Vaccines Help Protect Against COVID-19?
Scientists want to find out if vaccines already in existence might provide protection against COVID-19. The idea does not seem…