voa special english health report

Today we answer a question. Vu Quang Hien from Vietnam wants to know more about hepatitis B. Hepatitis is the name for a group of […]

Rob Summers of Portland, Oregon, is twenty-five years old and a former college athlete. In July of two thousand six he was hit by a […]

In June of nineteen eighty-one, public health officials in the United States reported on the first cases of what came to be known as AIDS. […]

International donors have promised more than four billion dollars to the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization. That group, known as the GAVI Alliance, held […]

This is the VOA Special English Health Report Americans spend more on health care than most other people. Yet a new study shows that life […]

New estimates show that more than one billion people have a physical or mental disability. Experts say almost one-fifth of them experience serious difficulties in […]

Everyone knows life for refugees and migrant workers can be difficult, dangerous and even deadly. But what happens when they return home? One of the […]

A study says more people are killing themselves in European countries affected by economic troubles. David Stuckler, a sociologist at Britain’s University of Cambridge, co-wrote […]

Scientists say a study in Africa shows that AIDS drugs can increase life expectancy in patients to nearly normal levels. One of the authors was […]

Increasing evidence suggests that being active can reduce a person’s risk of dementia. Dementia is the name for the effects of Alzheimer’s disease, stroke and […]