2013-12-11 FDA Moves to Reduce Trans Fats Risks
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. Food safety agencies in the United States have launched an effort to end the use of partially hydrogenated oils, these oils…
2013-11-27 Flu Virus Disarms Immune System’s First Responders
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. Infection by the influenza virus may be more complex than scientists first thought. Researchers in the United States reported recently that…
2013-11-20 Simple Cancer Test Saves Lives in Burkina Faso
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. The World Health Organization (WHO) says cervical cancer kills 250,000 women worldwide each year. WHO officials say four out of five…
2013-11-06 Researchers Appeal for New Efforts to Stop Polio
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. Researchers have appealed for new efforts to stop polio in countries where the disease never seems to disappear. They say stronger…
2013-11-13 Study: Protein in Mother’s Milk May Prevent HIV Transmission to Infants
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. Hundreds of thousands of children become infected with the AIDS virus every year. These boys and girls are born to mothers…
2013-10-30 Need a Doctor? Turn on Your Electronic Device
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. Telemedicine is the name for when doctors give advice to patients by telephone or the Internet, or when health care providers…
2013-10-23 Ethiopia Cuts Child Death Rate by Two-Thirds
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. The United Nations Children’s Fund is praising Ethiopia for reaching one of the Millennium Development Goals on child survival. UNICEF officials…
2013-10-16 Food Market Becomes Hub for Deaf Community
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. Almost 8 million Americans are deaf, or have ‘difficulty hearing’. A food market in Washington makes a special effort to serve…
2013-10-09 Aging Countries Look to Vietnam to Fill Nursing Gap
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. Japan and Germany have the world’s oldest populations, but neither country has enough trained health care workers to meet the needs…
2013-10-02 Life Expectancy Gap Widens Between Women in Rich and Poor Countries
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. The World Health Organization says women aged 50 and older are generally in better health now than they were 20 to…
2013-09-18 Treated Bed Nets Critical to Stopping lymphatic Filariasis
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. Scientists are working on ways to stop a disease that threatens one-fifth of the world’s population. Over 120 million people are…
2013-09-11 WHO: People Needing Health Care Should Not Go Broke
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. The World Health Organization says everyone should have a right to the health care services they need without risking financial ruin.…
2013-09-04 Children Who Drink Lots of Soft Drinks More Likely to Be Aggressive
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. A new study has found evidence of aggressive behavior in children who drink four or more servings of soft drinks every…
2013-08-28 The Economic Costs of Excessive Alcohol Use
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. A new study has found that excessive alcohol drinking costs Americans more than $220 billion a year, that amount is equal…
2013-08-14 Study: Pregnant Women Not Gaining Access to Malaria Prevention
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. Malaria kills about 200,000 newborn babies and 10,000 new mothers every year. Most of these death are in Africa. Malaria can…