voa special english health report

A neighborhood barbershop might seem to some Americans like a thing of the past. Today men often get their hair cut at the same salons […]

Malaria kills about one million people a year and sickens another two hundred fifty million. Most of the deaths are in young children in Africa. […]

An outbreak of cholera in Haiti continued to spread sickness and worry. Health officials worried that the capital could suffer a major outbreak of the […]

Delegates from around the world met in Uruguay in November to consider new ways to control tobacco. A World Health Organization treaty called the Framework […]

The World Health Organization says the rising cost of health care is a struggle for people and governments around the world. The problem is greatest […]

World AIDS Day was December first. This year, experts reported more signs of success in halting the AIDS epidemic. The number of AIDS-related deaths and […]

Doctors currently identify autism disorders by observing behavior. Autism affects social and communication skills. It usually first appears in young children. Now, researchers in the […]

When parents go to work, their young children often spend the day in child care. That contact with other children can make it easier to […]

Freezing weather can mean frostbite and hypothermia unless a person is prepared. Today we talk about how to stay warm, dry and safe. Frostbite is […]

We talked last week about ways to avoid cold-weather injuries. Today we are going to talk about emergency treatment of hypothermia.Hypothermia can be mild, moderate […]