2012-02-01 What Happens When TB Becomes Untreatable?
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. In December, doctors in Mumbai, India, reported about a group of patients…
2012-01-25 Health Risks in a Crowd: Not What You May Think
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Picture a huge public gathering — a sea of people like the…
2012-01-18 Want to Lose Weight? Try Counting Calories
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. How many calories we eat appears more important than what we eat…
2012-01-11 AIDS Study Called 2011 ‘Breakthrough’
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. The journal Science chose an AIDS study as the twenty-eleven “Breakthrough of…
2012-01-04 In US, an Epidemic of Prescription Drug Abuse
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Officials in the United States say deadly abuse of painkillers and other…
2011-12-28 Laying the Roots for Healthy Teeth in Young Children
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Bad teeth can be painful — and worse. They can even be…
2011-12-21 Progress in Fighting Snakebite Deaths
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Researchers are finding new ways to save snakebite victims. Experts discussed the…
2011-12-14 Looking at the ‘Dark Side’ of Creativity
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Not all cheaters are creative. But apparently enough creative people cheat to…
2011-12-07 The Long Search for a Malaria Vaccine
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Malaria control efforts currently depend on things like chemically treated bed nets…
2011-11-30 Spray Shows Promise in Malaria Study in Benin
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Malaria is caused by a parasite spread through the bite of infected…
2011-11-23 Study Links Smoking to Millions of TB Deaths
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. The World Health Organization recently reported that the number of cases of…
2011-11-16 Tobacco Companies Challenge Efforts in US, Australia
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Tobacco companies are fighting efforts in the United States and Australia to…
2011-11-09 Ear Care: Keeping Ears Clean
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Some people’s ears produce wax like busy little bees. This can be…
2011-11-02 The World at 7 Billion, and Growing
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. The United Nations estimates that the world reached seven billion people on…
2011-10-26 Knowing Women’s Risk of Heart Disease
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Heart disease is the world’s leading cause of death. Yet most cases…