2011-07-06 Returning Migrants Often Bring Their Health Problems Home With Them
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Everyone knows life for refugees and migrant workers can be difficult, dangerous…
2011-06-29 Unequal Treatment Drives Disability Rights Movement
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. New estimates show that more than one billion people have a physical…
2011-06-22 Health Problems Slow Gains in US Life Spans
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Americans spend more on health care than most other people. Yet a…
2011-06-15 Child Vaccine Efforts Get Big Boost
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. International donors have promised more than four billion dollars to the Global…
2011-06-08 Children of AIDS Face Mental Health Needs
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Thirty years ago this week, public health officials in the United States…
2011-06-01 Study of Paralyzed Man May Offer Hope for New Treatment
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Rob Summers of Portland, Oregon, is twenty-five years old and a former…
2011-05-25 People With Chronic Hepatitis B Often Do Not Know It
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Today we answer a question. Vu Quang Hien from Vietnam wants to…
2011-05-18 How Early Treatment Can Limit the Spread of HIV
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. For people infected with HIV, the earlier they start treatment, the better…
2011-05-11 Chronic Diseases an ‘Impending Disaster’ for Some Nations
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. When we think of threats to public health, we often think of…
2011-05-04 Why Sleep Apnea Raises Risk of Stroke, Heart Attack
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. (SOUND) Loud snoring can be a problem — and not just for…
2011-04-27 Travelers May Spread Drug-Resistance Gene From South Asia
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Scientists say they have found dangerous forms of bacteria in the drinking…
2011-04-20 What Do You Know About the Common Cold?
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Do you think getting cold can give you a cold? Is it…
2011-04-13 A New Reason for Why the Deaf May Have Trouble Reading
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Deaf people may have no trouble communicating English words through American Sign…
2011-04-06 Why Hands-Free Faucets May Be a Risk to Some Hospital Patients
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Automatic faucets use an electronic sensor to start and stop the flow…
2011-03-30 Doctors Lack Many Ways to Treat Radiation Exposure
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Countries across Asia and beyond are reporting small amounts of radiation from…