2012-02-29 A Way to Make New Eggs in Women?
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. New research could raise hope for women who are having trouble getting…
2012-02-22 Getting Paid to Play Sick at School
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Some people act sick to get out of work. Others act sick…
2012-02-15 Dating Sites’ Claims; Female Voices and Fertility
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. As sure as honey attracts bees, Valentine’s Day attracts scientists with studies…
2012-02-08 New Effort to Fight 10 ‘Neglected’ Tropical Diseases
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A new campaign aims to fight ten diseases that affect many of…
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…