Learning to Live with COVID After two years of pandemic emergency, could 2022 be the year the world finally learned to live with COVID-19? From Asia to Africa, countries re-opened for business and visitors following developments in COVID-19 vaccinati...
Italian Man Lives Without Electricity Fabrizio Cardinali, age 72, says he has no use for electricity. For more than fifty years, he has lived entirely off the public electricity network, or grid. That makes him one of the few people in Europe unconce...
Five Common Holiday Plants and How to Care for Them From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. During the winter holiday season, several plants are often the stars of the show. So, depending on where you live in the world, you mi...
Huge US Study Starts Sharing Gene Findings with Volunteers DNA is the main molecule that carries genetic information in the cells of living things. More than 155,000 Americans who shared their DNA for science are about to learn something in return: D...
A Way to Speed Up Composting Process From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. The key to healthy plants is healthy soil. And the best way to improve soil is by using compost. Compost is decayed, or broken down, organic matter u...
Gardening Words even English Speakers May Not Know Do you garden in English or another language? Associated Press writer Jessica Damiano spent 2022 writing about gardening. She wrote about how to prepare your plants and soil for the winter. She also...
Fig Trees Can Survive Cold Weather Fig trees are native to Europe around the Mediterranean Sea, Asia and Africa, but they can grow in much cooler climates. Once mature, fig trees can accept temperatures even a few degrees below freezing. Some kinds o...
Why Do Few Americans Know about Nutrition Guide? Only one in four Americans know about the most recent government effort to get people to eat a healthy diet. That information comes from a study released Tuesday by the National Center for Health Stati...
Some Women Denied Abortions Despite Pregnancy Complications It has been five months since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. The ruling ended a 50-year-old legal right to abortion nationwide. Instead, individual states now decide on wheth...
Life expectancy in the United States has dropped for the second straight year, a government report said on Wednesday. 美国政府周三发布的一份报告称，美国人均预期寿命已经连续第二年下降。 The Centers for Disease Control...
Study: Repeat COVID Infection Is Riskier than First A new study has found that the risk of death, hospitalization and serious health issues from COVID-19 increases with reinfection regardless of vaccination. The study examined U.S. Department of Vete...
UN Seeks $146 Million to Help Haiti Fight Cholera Crisis The United Nations and Haiti are seeking $146 million to help fight a cholera outbreak that has already killed at least 175 people. Health officials in Haiti say cholera cases have quickly been...
New research suggests that even a simple exercise program might help older people with light, or mild, memory problems. 新的研究表明，即使是一个简单的锻炼计划也可能会对患有轻微记忆性障碍的老年人有所帮助。 Doc...
A new study finds climate events such as flooding, heat waves and drought worsen more than half of the known diseases that infect people. 一项新的研究发现，洪水、热浪和干旱等气候事件可使超半数已知人类传染病恶化。...
South Korean scientists are working on a health device in the form of a tattoo that could alert users to possible health problems. 韩国科学家正在研发一种纹身形式的健康设备，这种设备可以提醒使用者潜在的健康问题。...
