Health Report

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 sick. So…

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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…

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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,…

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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 the new…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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 blind. Her…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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2020-03-19 Can Singapore’s Anti-Virus Measures Work in Other Countries?

Singapore, home to less than 6 million people, is being praised for its efforts to fight the new coronavirus. Observers…

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