The little brown bat was once abundant in the eastern U.S. But within the last 15 years, a fungus called Pseudogynmoascus destructans infiltrated a cave in upstate New York. This fungus causes whats called white-nose syndrome in bats. The illness has

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Malaria Programs at Risk From Funding Cuts Ami Diabate, has brought her three children to a rural clinic to get the latest anti-malarial drugs. The aid agency Mdecins Sans Frontires - or Doctors Without Borders - is rolling out the pilot program acro

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By Ruth Reader Washington, DC 13 February 2008 There is growing concern around the world over illnesses caused by new antibiotic-resistant bacteria, or so-called superbugs, and the decreasing effectiveness of antibiotics to treat infections. Earlier

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PEOPLE IN AMERICA - One of the leaders of the Indian resistance, Apache chief Cochise VOICE ONE: PEOPLE IN AMERICA, a program in Special English on the Voice of America. (THEME) During the Eighteenth Century, Indians tried to halt the move of white s

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By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 20 March 2006 Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni says his troops will pursue members of the Ugandan rebel group, the Lord's Resistance Army, into neighboring Congo-Kinshasa if the

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Islam is Europe's second largest religion. But in recent years, some members of Europe's 20 million strong Muslim community have met strong resistance as they seek to build mosques and minarets, the basic tangible foundation of their faith. A French

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University of Maryland scientists are working on a genetically-engineered fungus that would kill the malaria parasite. The battle against malaria continues to challenge doctors, scientists, and public health officials. Now, a team of British and Amer

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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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Scientists Race to Contain Malaria: New Discoveries, More Resistance Artemisinin has helped cut global malaria deaths by more than 25 percent over the past decade. But now, in parts of Southeast Asia, this drug no longer works. And the World Health O

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CAR Instability Helps Lord's Resistance Army Regroup Rebels who seized power in the Central African Republic (CAR) this year effectively halted efforts to find the LRA there. Ugandan troops and their U.S. advisers suspended the hunt amid uncertainty

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Antibiotic Resistance Requires Fast Actions 抗生素耐药问题性亟待迅速行动 The World Health Organization issued a wake-up call April 30 when it reported that we have now entered a post-antibiotic period. What this means is that some commo

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By Leta Hong Fincher Washington 07 November 2007 Protests continue in Pakistan against President Pervez Musharraf's state of emergency. Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto arrived in Islamabad on Tuesday and Pakistan's deposed chief justice urged la

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Bacteria Can Be Resistant to Brand-New Antibiotics 谁在对抗最新的抗生素 Perhaps the chief poster child of antibiotic resistance is methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA. The bacterium is impervious to a suite of antibiotics,

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By Carolyn Weaver Kampala, Uganda 03 May 2006 watch Drug Resistance report Anti-microbial resistance -- germs becoming resistant to medicine -- is part of the natural history of infectious disease. No

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By Pearse Lynch Nairobi 13 July 2006 The leader of the Ugandan rebel group the Lord's Resistance Army says he will not attend peace negotiations with the Ugandan government to end nearly two decades of fighting. The next round of negotiations is due

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Questions Raised About Kony's Intentions as Desire for Surrender Reported WASHINGTON A spokesman for Central African Republic President Michel Djotodia said the president has been in touch with fugitive warlord Joseph Kony, and that Kony is ready to

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By Dan Robinson Washington 10 January 2007 watch Bill Rodgers Iraq report Majority Democrats in Congress are signaling they intend to put up strong resistance to any troop surge in Iraq proposed by President Bush in his speech Wednesday. VOA's Dan R

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今天我们要学的词是backtrack。Backtrack, 动词,意思是改变主意,反悔。美国银行最近再度推出新的借记卡收费计划。就在几个月前, After strong resistance from its customers, Bank of America was forced to ba

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By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 12 September 2007 Uganda's notorious Lord's Resistance Army is lashing out at a senior U.S. official who said Washington would support efforts to wipe out the rebels if peace talks aimed at ending their brutal insurgency colla

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Meditation isn't just for people seeking spiritual enlightenment. As you're probably aware, many people use meditation to relax. Relaxation isn't simply a state of mind. Meditation produces physiological effects that actually reverse the risk of card

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