Uganda Targets Yellow Fever with Vaccination, Travel Limits The East African country of Uganda has begun a nationwide yellow fever vaccination campaign. The aim is for the country to protect its population against the viral disease. Yellow fever is s...
Daily Marijuana Use Greater than Daily Alcohol Use in US For the first time, the number of Americans who use marijuana almost every day has grown greater than the number who drink alcohol almost every day. This change, some 40 years in the making, co...
In Sierra Leone, There Is Little Help for Drug Users A low-cost drug mixture is harming young people in the West African country of Sierra Leone. The mixture is called kush. Sierra Leones President Julius Maada Bio declared a state of emergency in Ap...
Pigs in Yoga Class Put People at Ease In the northeastern American state of Massachusetts, people are combining a form of exercise for the body and spirit with pigs. 在美国东北部的马萨诸塞州，人们正在将一种身体和精神锻炼与猪...
Doctors Group: Mothers with HIV Can Breastfeed A top U.S. pediatricians group is making a major policy change about breastfeeding by women with HIV. The group says women infected with HIV can breastfeed their babies as long as they are taking medicat...
Dont Have Soil, Try Planting in Straw Bales You do not need good soil or even soil at all to grow plants. 种植植物不需要良好的土壤--甚至根本不需要土壤。 Straw bales can work, too. 秸秆捆也能起作用。 Straw is the dry ste...
Electric Spoons, Chopsticks May Help Cut Salt Researchers in Japan say they will begin selling new devices that will help people reduce how much sodium, or salt, they use to improve the taste of their food. The developers are from Japans Meiji Univer...
Study: Gene May Cause Alzheimers in Some Cases For the first time, researchers have identified a genetic form of late-in-life Alzheimers disease. Alzheimers is a disease of the brain that causes people to lose their memory and mental abilities as the...
UN Authorizes Second Shot to Fight Dengue in Americas The World Health Organization recently authorized a second dengue vaccine. The move could provide protection for millions of people worldwide against the mosquito-borne disease. This year, several...
US Agency Permits Qualified Health Claim for Yogurt From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently permitted yogurt producers to make a health claim on containers of their products...
Less or No Alcohol Is Better for Health From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. 这是来自美国之音慢速英语的健康和生活方式报道。 Alcohol is often consumed in social gatherings from happy hours after work t...
Alzheimer's Drug Available, But Sales Slow From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. Alzheimers disease affects a persons memory, thinking and behavior. The first drug shown to slow the effects of Alzheimers disease reached the...
Five Tips to Get Better Sleep Do you spend too many nights trying to fall asleep? You are not alone. Nearly one-third of American adults say they do not get the suggested seven to nine hours of sleep a night. Some of the major causes are stress, anxi...
Less than half of Americans say they are getting enough sleep, according to a recent opinion study by the Gallup organization. The poll found that 57 percent of Americans say they would feel better if they could get more sleep. Only 42 percent say th...
Pillbot Could Explore Inner Human Body A new, small robotic camera designed to be swallowed for use in medical examinations was recently demonstrated at a conference in Canada. The device called PillBot can be guided through a body remotely, meaning...
