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 to help them find a treatment or vaccine against the…
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 mouth cover, or mask, to stop the spread of COVID-19?…
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 pandemic has changed many daytime activities. For some, it also…
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 to make sense. Vaccines are designed to target a single…
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 used to treat some COVID-19 patients in the United States.…
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 experts say they do know this: Age makes a big…
2020-03-20 Italy’s Death Toll Passes China’s
More people have now died from COVID-19 in Italy than in China. Italy overtook China on Thursday — the same day that China reported no new cases in Wuhan. As…
2020-02-15 Thousands Trapped on Cruise Ship in Japan Over COVID-19 Virus Fears
What is being kept in a small space because of the new coronavirus like? Passengers on a vacation trip in the western Pacific Ocean know very well. They are on…
2020-08-21 Teachers Could Stay in School if Exposed to COVID-19
President Donald Trump’s administration declared this week that teachers in the United States are “critical infrastructure workers.” The declaration means that school officials could send teachers back to the classroom…