Millions of Newborn Deaths Reported 数以百万计的新生儿死亡报道 Every Newborn Action Plan, an international initiative, is scheduled to be launched in June 2014. It's estimated there are 5.5-million newborn and still birth deaths each yea

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2014年(五月)

The mystery of the dying birds. There has been another incident of mass deaths. This time in Italy. Is this now a global phenomenon or are we just paying more attention to nature work? Here is Matt Guttman. Theyre calling this the Aflockalypse. Turtl

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The Asian Development Bank says Asia and the Pacific are behind in meeting certain parts the United Nation's Millennium Development Goals. A new report by the ADB and the U.N. Development Program says progress is slow in reducing child mortality, pro

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SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - A Silent Killer Carbon Monoxide Poisoning SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I'm Shirley Griffith. BOB DOUGHTY: And I'm Bob Doughty. Winter has brought cold weather to many areas in Earths nor

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The Australian government is investigating reports that the Taliban killed up to 20 Afghans who were denied asylum in Australia and sent back to Afghanistan. They allegedly were among 400 asylum seekers denied entry into Australia by the former gove

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An international group of midwives is calling for a dramatic increase in midwifery services especially in remote poor areas, so the lives of many more women and their babies can be saved. The World Health Organization says more than two million women

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A low-cost, easy-to-use drug could save tens of thousands of lives each year, according to a new study. The medicine promotes blood clotting and has been shown prevent many accident victims from bleeding to death. Tranexamic acid, or TXA, is not new.

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Deaths Rise as Outlawed Kurdish Guerrillas Continue Fight The Kurds are the worlds largest ethnic minority without a nation of its own. Less than 20 percent live in northern Iraq where they have achieved regional autonomy. But others are still fighti

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The Partnership to Stop Tuberculosis has launched a plan to cut by half in five years the estimated 2 million annual deaths from tuberculosis. The consortium of public, private and civil groups announced the plan Wednesday, saying they hope to preven

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The report issued by the WHO shows birth-related mortality declined by 34 percent during the past decade - from about 546,000 deaths in 1990 to an estimated 358,000 deaths in 2008. That is an annual rate of decline of about 2.3 percent. Although the

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By Vidushi Sinha Washington 15 November 2009 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that counting related illnesses the number of deaths from the H1N1 virus is about four times earlier estimates. Federal health officials now say nearly

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Migrants' Freezing Deaths Pressure EU Mediterranean Patrols POZZALO, SICILY In temperatures close to freezing and waves eight meters high, the Italian coast guard vessels took the migrants on board. Several had already died from exposure to ocean wat

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The federal government has just released the latest statistics on life expectancy in the United States, and the news isn't good. In fact, it's pretty grim. NPR health correspondent Rob Stein has details. ROB STEIN, BYLINE: For de

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Traffic Deaths Increase after 4:20 P.M. on 4/20 Tomorrow is April 20th4/20. It's sometimes called a High Holiday. Because for a lot of people, 4/20 is Marijuana Day. And for them it's kind of a tradition to start lighting up at 4:20 P.M. on 4/20. Whi

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By Scott Stearns White House 25 April 2008 U.S. President George Bush marked Malaria Awareness Day by renewing America's commitment to turning the tide against malaria in Africa. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns has the story. President Bu

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Detainee Deaths Renew Concern About Egypt Violence 囚犯死亡致使埃及暴力行为重新升温 CAIRO A tense calm prevailed Monday in Cairo, as Egypt's military-backed government vowed it would not tolerate anti-government demonstrations. But an

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酒精比阿片类药物更致命 亚马逊第二总部选址确定 CARL AZUZ: America's opioid crisis gets a lot of attention in the media, including on our show. But a new health report from the University of Washington points to alcohol as being m

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By Nico Colombant Dakar 13 December 2006 As events in Washington mark the U.S. government effort to combat malaria in Africa, West Africans, themselves, are busy applying techniques they were unfamiliar with and trying new drugs. VOA's Nico Colomban

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Greymouth families who have lost their husbands, fathers, sons or brothers in the Pike River Coal mine, are facing more despair. It now seems unlikely that the bodies of the 29 miners will be recovered soon. Another explosion occurred yesterday and t

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U.N. aid agencies say Zimbabwe is grappling with a cholera crisis of unprecedented proportions. They say the social and health breakdown in the country is making it difficult to gauge the full extent of the epidemic. 联合国援助机构说,津巴布

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