DAVID GREENE, HOST: Chicago passed a grim milestone recently. The city has seen more than 700 homicides this year, that's more than any other major U.S. city. Of course, that startling number does not begin to tell the whole story. As we're about to

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(73) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年NPR美国国家公共电台12月

VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And I'm Faith Lapidus. This week, we will tell about one explanation for many trees dying in the western United States. We will tell about a project to make e

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: It's the oldest form of transportation - walking - and new evidence shows it's getting more dangerous. A new report by the Governors Highway Safety Association shows the number of pedestrians killed in traffic jumped 11 percent las

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本报讯 美国亚特兰大警方25日宣布,当地一所社区剧院当天发生枪击事件,共有3人丧生,另外还有2人因被流弹击中而受伤。 凶手嫌疑人是佐治亚大学的一名教授,目前正遭警方追捕,而死者当中包括这名教授的前妻。 有关方面已经向全美各地发布了通缉令。由于津汗在荷兰阿姆

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 国外媒体新闻

HEALTH REPORT - October 23, 2002: Folic Acid Reduces Fetal Deaths By Nancy Steinbach This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A new study in Sweden has confirmed another important health effect

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 30 January 2006 Former President George Bush, right, with an earthquake survivor from Leepa Valley of Pakistani Kashmir during his visit to quake survivors' tented village in Is

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By Tendai Maphosa London 18 October 2007 A three-day conference on ways to reduce preventable deaths of newborns and women during pregnancy has opened in London. Tendai Maphosa has more for VOA from London. The Women Deliver Conference has attracted

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By Tendai Maphosa London 20 October 2007 The three-day Women Deliver conference, which focused on maternal and infant mortality, ended Saturday in London. As Tendai Maphosa reports, the organizers and delegates hope it will give new momentum to effor

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SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - A Silent Killer Carbon Monoxide Poisoning This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I'm Christopher Cruise. And I'm Bob Doughty. Winter has brought cold weather to many parts of Earths northern hemisphere. With the co

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 22 January 2008 The UN Children's Fund says good progress has been made in saving children's lives. UNICEF, which has just launched its annual State of the World's Children's Report, says many more children's lives can be saved

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Aid Cuts Threaten Millennium Development Goals, Warns UN Margaret Gift has brought her son Simplicious for a check-up at a mobile health clinic in the remote village of Chikhwawa in Malawi. His diarrhea can be treated on the spot. Health workers say

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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the joint U.S.-Afghan investigation into civilian casualties Sunday in Farah Province is not complete, and while he regrets any loss of civilian lives he is not ready to say who killed these particular people

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The number of U.S. cases of swine flu has risen to 3,000 - an increase of 400 from Monday's released figures. Three deaths have been reported. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says more cases and fatalities are likely. US outbreak d

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The World Health Organization says there has been a sharp drop in the number of deaths among children under age five. The just released report, World Health Statistics 2009, shows 27 percent fewer children died in 2007, the last year for which stati

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HIV Kids Are High Risk for Pneumonia 感染艾滋病儿童更有可能死于肺炎 A new study said HIV-positive children are much more likely to die from pneumonia than children who are not infected with the AIDS virus. Its estimated there are more

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 07 February 2008 The World Health Organization is calling for all countries to dramatically increase efforts to prevent premature deaths from tobacco-related illnesses. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from WHO headquarters in Gene

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 02 November 2009 The World Health Organization and United Nations Children's Fund say better nutrition and access to immunization can save millions of children from dying of pneumonia. The two agencies are launching a new acti

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 10 December 2007 A new report finds that last year the number of children dying before their fifth birthday fell below 10 million for the first time since the United Nations has been keeping records. But, the U.N. Children's Fu

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In India, Mid-Day Meal Deaths Prompt Increased Scrutiny NEW DELHI Police in northern India this week charged a principal with murdering 23 children, who died in July after eating a school lunch contaminated with pesticide. The tragedy has prompted th

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The World Health Organization says suicide is a leading cause of death worldwide, and one of the three leading causes of death for young people under 25. To mark World Suicide Prevention Day, which falls on September 10, the World Health Organizatio

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