voa special english health report

The journal Science chose an AIDS study as the twenty-eleven “Breakthrough of the Year.” The study found that antiretroviral drugs can greatly lower the risk […]

How many calories we eat appears to be more important than what we eat when we eat too much. That was the finding of a […]

Picture a huge public gathering — a sea of people like the hajj to Mecca or an appearance by the pope. Think of the World […]

Download PDF: https://www.voanews.com/MediaAssets2/learningenglish/2012_02/se-health-drug-resistant-tb.pdf In December, doctors in Mumbai, India, reported about a group of patients with what they called “totally drug-resistant” tuberculosis. Indian health officials […]

A new campaign aims to fight ten diseases that affect many of the world’s poorest people but do not get much attention. At the end […]

As sure as honey attracts bees, Valentine’s Day attracts scientific reports on human relations. For example, in early February, researchers announced new findings about online […]

Some people act sick to get out of work. Others act sick to get work. For medical actors like Ted Bell, the stage is an […]

New research could raise hope for women who are having trouble getting pregnant. For years, the thinking has been that women are born with all […]

Tourists come to Zanzibar for its white sand beaches and historic buildings in Stone Town. But something else also makes its way to the Tanzanian […]