Health and Environmental Concerns as Ugandans Start to Eat Primates From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report in Special English. The flow of Congolese refugees into western Uganda is raising concerns not only about food security, but also

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Australian authorities have asked a cruise liner to cancel a planned port call after three crew members tested positive for the H1N1 flu virus, which is commonly known as swine flu. Two thousand passengers are on board the Pacific Dawn, which is on

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World AIDS Day 2012 More Hopeful Than in Past According to the United Nations, about 34 million people worldwide are living with HIV, and 2.5 million were infected last year alone. In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control says there is a

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: Puerto Rico is grappling with a severe Zika outbreak. We still don't know how many people have been infected since the mosquito-borne virus appeared on the U.S. territory more than a year ago. Nearly 40,000 cases of Zika have been

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The World Health Organization says studies in Senegal and Mali show it is possible to eliminate river blindness. More than 37 million people are infected with the parasite that causes river blindness. While the disease is endemic in some parts of th

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By Melinda Smith Washington 09 August 2007 The World Health Organization says a mother's milk is the perfect food for a newborn baby. But worldwide statistics show that breastfeeding is frequently abandoned right after birth. VOA's Melinda Smith ha

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Ethiopia Cuts Child Deaths by Two-Thirds埃塞俄比亚三分之二削减儿童死亡 28 February, 2014 2014年2月28日 Hello again, and welcome to As It Is from VOA Learning English. I'm Steve Ember in Washington. 大家好,欢迎,因为它是来

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Worldwide Fight Against Malaria Appears to Succeed 在世界范围内抗击疟疾似乎有成功的趋势 From VOA Learning English, this is Science in the News. Im Anna Matteo. And Im Christopher Cruise. Today we will tell about malaria and efforts

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By Carol Pearson Washington 22 May 2007 Doctors in the United States are seeing more infections from parasites normally found in developing countries. These infections could be prevented, contained or cured, but the problem is, many American doctors

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By Rory Byrne Phnom Penh 22 March 2007 On the face of it, Cambodia should be devastated by AIDS. Brothels are commonplace in the impoverished country, illegal drugs are widely available, and government spending on health care is only about two dollar

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Dengue Severity Depends on Prior Infection, Genetic Variation American and Nicaraguan scientists have discovered the reason why a second infection with dengue can often be much more serious, even fatal, than the first. Dengue is a viral disease sprea

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African American Communities Face AIDS Crisis More than a million people in the United States are living with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control estimates that approximately 50,000 more people are infected with HIV

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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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Drug-Resistant Malaria Spreads in SE Asia 抗药性疟疾在东南亚快速传播 MAE SOT, THAILAND On Thailands border with Myanmar, also known as Burma, a malaria research and treatment clinic is stepping up efforts to eliminate a drug-resistant fo

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: It is tick season, and with it comes the risk of Lyme disease. Once found mainly in New England, Lyme disease is now being reported in a much wider range of the U.S. NPR's Allison Aubrey reports that cases have more than doubled

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Getting malaria stinks. Literally. According to a new study, malaria victims give off odors that attracts mosquitoes. And the insects that feed on the infected sufferer are then more likely to spread the disease. The work appears in the Proceedings o

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By Melinda Smith Washington 14 March 2008 The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week released a study estimating that one out of every four teenage girls in the United States is infected with a sexually transmitted disease. The rat

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By Cathy Majtenyi Kigali 18 June 2007 About 700,000 children worldwide are being infected with HIV every year, the majority of who live in developing countries. But there are many challenges in finding, testing, and treating these children, particula

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 02 June 2008 A new report finds nearly three million HIV-positive people in low and middle-income countries now are receiving life-saving anti-retroviral treatment. While praising this accomplishment, the World Health Organiza

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Chinese and American scientists have developed a new antibody targeting the MERS virus, which has, to date, killed 19 people and infected over 150 in South Korea. But Shanghai-based Fudan University has been working with the US National Institute of

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