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This is the VOA Special English Health Report. In nineteen eighty-seven, H.I.V./AIDS joined a list of diseases that could keep a person out of the United States. The government later tried to cancel its decision. But Congress made the travel ban a p
Groups Resisting Global Polio Vaccination Efforts Health officials in Pakistan say they are redoubling efforts to vaccinate every child against polio after 198 new cases were reported in the country last year, the largest number anywhere in the world
Global Plan to Control Measles Launched Measles, one of the most infectious diseases on the planet, is a leading cause of death and disability among children worldwide, especially in the developing world, even though a safe and cost-effective vaccine
Struggle Against AIDS Makes Progress But More Gains Needed As communities around the globe mark World AIDS Day December 1, HIV infection rates in some parts of the world are surging, and remaining stubbornly steady in many other regions. At the same
Scientists Gather for AIDS Vaccine 2011 The largest conference on AIDS vaccine development is being held in Bangkok, Thailand FROM September 12th to the 15th. Researchers will discuss how to build on recent advances in a time of tight budgets. Organi
DoctorFightsCervicalCancerinDevelopingCountries Cervical cancer is the second deadliest cancer - after breast cancer - among women in developing countries. Eight hundred women die of cervical cancer every day, nearly 300,000 each year worldwide. Cali
Mom's Flu Vaccination Boosts Baby Birth Weight Pregnant women who get vaccinated against influenza are less likely to have low birth weight babies, according to a study conducted in Bangladesh. In this study, 340 pregnant women were randomly assigned
Medical Panel Recommends Boys Get Controversial Vaccine The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may soon recommend that boys and girls get a vaccine protecting them from the human papilloma viruses, a group of viruses that are transmitted
Scientists Target Antibodies That Work Against Many HIV Mutations The search for a vaccine against HIV/AIDS has been disappointing, in part because the virus cleverly changes to elude the antibodies of the human immune system. Now, scientists have id
US Scientists Expand Scope of HIV Vaccine Study The worlds largest ongoing HIV vaccine study has been expanded to consider multiple ways a vaccine might boost immune response to the AIDS virus. The U.S. Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (N
Thailand plans to call for stepped up cooperation from regional governments to contain the spread of the H1N1 flu. The Thai government will present the issue at an annual gathering of foreign ministers from Southeast Asia and the region's main partn
WHO Approves Infant Meningitis Vaccine 世界卫生组织已批准婴儿脑膜炎疫苗 The World Health Organization has approved the use of a meningitis vaccine for infants in sub-Saharan Africa. The vaccine has been given to older children and you
Survivor's Blood Used in Ebola Treatment 用幸存者的血液来治疗埃博拉 WASHINGTON There is no known cure for Ebola, but several U.S. patients have received donations of blood and plasma from a survivor of the Ebola virus. There is a debate
Does Ebola Reveal WHO Shortfalls? 埃博拉疫情反映出世卫组织应变不足? As the Ebola outbreak rages in three West African countries and raises fears abroad some are questioning whether the World Health Organization is being stretched too
Celeb Vaccine Wars: Peet Beats Maher Comedian Bill Maher advises against vaccinations. But actress Amanda Peet--and Dr. Bill Frist--have it right: vaccines are good. Steve Mirsky comments In the celebrity vaccine wars, Im siding with actress Amanda P
By Pat Harris Washington, DC 09 May 2006 watch Virus report Marburg Ebola Virus The Marburg and Ebola viruses have caused fatal outbreaks in Africa for the past four years. A recent study shows a vacc
By Melinda Smith Washington, DC 04 January 2007 watch Meningitis in Children Meningitis can be infectious, particularly when the disease is spread among large groups of people living in crowded conditions. It is most prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa,
Simple Questions Can Help Stop Killer Disease 制止致命疾病的简单方法 Diarrheal disease is one of the leading killers of young children in Africa. While more countries are using vaccines to help prevent outbreaks, health officials are often
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 07 May 2008 About 150 experts from governments, the World Health Organization, and other organizations are meeting to work on new guidelines to help nations confront and combat a potential influenza pandemic. The World Health O
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 10 March 2008 With more than three months remaining in the peak meningitis season, outbreaks in Burkina Faso and Central African Republic have already taken hundreds of lives. But the World Health Organization says a new, low-c