Photo: AP Margaret Chan, Director General of World Health Organization speaks at a press conference at WHO headquarters in Geneva, 29 Dec 2009 It would be prudent and appropriate for WHO, together with our member States to continue to monitor the evo

发表于:2018-11-29 / 阅读(146) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(十二月)

A full year has passed since epidemic experts began tracking the H1N1 virus that was also known as swine flu. The pandemic is over for now, but the virus is still active. Both the World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control are

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SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Preparing for a Bird Flu Pandemic: Waiting, Worrying and WonderingBy Karen Leggett Broadcast: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Specia

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Flu Virus Can Be Deadlier Than War From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. The year 2018 will mark the 100th anniversary of the deadliest influenza outbreak in history. Scientists estimate that the influenza pandemic of 1918 k

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A suspected white supremacist who opened fire inside Washington DC's Holocaust Museum, killing a guard before being wounded by other guards, is in critical condition today. Authorities say the alleged gunman tentatively identified as 88-year-old Jam

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 23 January 2006 Lee Jong-Wook The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Lee Jong-Wook, says the risk of an avian influenza pandemic is real and not exaggerated. Dr.

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By Mil Arcega Washington, DC 14 November 2006 warch Pandemic Impact A specialized information network known as MIDAS, short for Models of Infectious Disease Agent Study, shows an avian flu outbreak could wreak serious havoc on people and economies a

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VOICE ONE: March 2006: An Afghan Agricultural Ministry worker holds two chickens caught in a house in the Kabul area This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. Im Doug Johnson. VOICE TWO: And Im Faith Lapidus. Today we continue a series of

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Study Links Flu Pandemics to La Ni?a A newly-identified link between pandemic flu and the weather phenomenon known as La Ni?a, may one day permit advance warnings of severe influenza outbreaks. Most of the time, influenza is a temporary annoyance. Bu

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The World Health Organization is expected to declare the H1N1 Swine Flu a pandemic, following an emergency meeting of health officials from around the world. This will be the first declaration of a global flu pandemic in more than 40 years. WHO esti

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IN THE NEWS - Bird Flu: Hoping for the Best, but Preparing for the WorstBy Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: Saturday, January 14, 2006 I'm Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. There are more

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: On the island of Borneo in Malaysia, there is a cave that tourists from all over the world love to come to visit. It is called Gomantong. But this cave, it turns out, has a secret. It could have all the elements needed to start a

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Books and Arts; Book Review;The spread of disease;Germs and money; 文艺;书评;疾病传播;细菌与金钱; Where and when will the next pandemic emerge? 下一次大范围流行病将于何时在哪里爆发? Contagion: How Commerce Has Spr

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HEALTH REPORT - Preparing for the Next Flu Pandemic By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 I'm Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Health Report. There has not been a worldwide o

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SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Sugar and Diet / Women and Diabetes / Preparing for a Flu Pandemic By Broadcast: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special Englis

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By David McAlary Washington 13 March 2006 The International Monetary Fund says a global bird flu pandemic is likely to hurt the world's economy significantly if it is severe. But it predicts that the

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As the pandemic grows, so too does the pressure to provide a vaccine, the first samples of the swine flu jab should be ready for trials next month. But its emerged that the vaccine will be made available to the NHS before the full results of those tr

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今天我们要学的词是stockpile。 Stockpile, 是储备物资的意思。The Bush administration said that it would make a 15% reduction in the nation's stockpile of nuclear weapons, 布什政府表示,将把美国的核武器存量减少百分之

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The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Margaret Chan say the H1N1 Swine Flu Pandemic is not as serious as anticipated. But, she says this is no time to relax, as the Pandemic is not over. Chan spoke at the opening of WHO's weeklong Ex

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BEIJING, Nov. 22 (Xinhuanet) -- Global AIDS deaths and new HIV infections have each dropped 21 percent since the peak of the AIDS pandemic in 1997, according to a UN report released Monday. One major factor responsible for the result is that life-sav

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