VOA常速英语2017--也门面临人道主义危机

Yemen's two-year conflict between the Houthi rebels and the country's elected government, supported by a Saudi-led coalition, has left the people of Yemen, in the words of Norwegian Humanitarian leader Jen Egeland, facing a famine of Biblical proport

VOA标准英语2008年-UNICEF Sends Urgent Aids to Flood Victims in In

The U.N. Children's Fund is springing into action with aid as India's Bihar State faces the worst floods in 50 years. UNICEF says severe floods have destroyed almost one-quarter of a million homes affecting at least 1.25 million people in the northe

VOA常速英语2014--城市化可能带来健康风险

Urbanization Can Bring Health Risks 城市化可能带来健康风险 New research shows urbanization may be bad for people's health, unless planners develop cities that allow healthier lifestyles and environments. The U.N. estimates much of the deve

VOA常速英语20116--乍得湖盆地亟需人道主义援助

乍得湖盆地亟需人道主义援助 On September 23, at a Lake Chad Basin side event at the UN General Assembly, the United States pledged an additional $41 million in funding to meet emergency needs for conflict-affected and vulnerable household

红十字协会称不洁净的水威胁数百万人的生命

Red Cross Report: Unsafe Water Kills Millions 红十字协会称不洁净的水威胁数百万人的生命 The International Red Cross reports more than one billion people do not have access to safe w

VOA常速英语2008年-Russia Responds to Serbian Request for Humanita

By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 24 March 2008 Russia says it is responding to a Serbian request for humanitarian assistance to Kosovo, the disputed territory that recently declared its independence from Belgrade. VOA Moscow Correspondent Peter Fedynsky has

2007年VOA标准英语-What Is Behind Outbreaks of Norovirus?

By Melinda Smith Washington, D.C. 19 February 2007 watch Norovirus report It can be called stomach flu, food poisoning or acute gastroenteritis. Medical experts call it the Norovirus, and this family of viruses causes diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and

2006年VOA标准英语-Rice Disappointed, Concerned by Death Sentences

By David Gollust State Department 19 December 2006 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says she is disappointed and concerned by the death sentences handed down by a Libyan court against five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor convicted

VOA标准英语2008年-US Warship Arrives in Georgian Port With Aid

A U.S. ship carrying humanitarian aid has arrived in Georgia's Black Sea port of Batumi carrying humanitarian aid for residents of western Georgia displaced by Russia's recent military incursion. From the Georgian city of Gori, VOA's Peter Heinlein

voa标准英语2008-Cholera Epidemic in Zimbabwe Continues to Worsen

U.N. aid agencies said they are facing enormous difficulties in efforts to contain the deadly cholera epidemic that has affected thousands of people in Zimbabwe. They said the health system in the country has collapsed and even the most basic suppli

VOA标准英语2012--Pills Offer New Hope in Fight Against Yaws

Pills Offer New Hope in Fight Against Yaws Scientists have found that a medicine taken in pill form is just as effective in treating the neglected tropical disease yaws as the usual treatment, a shot of penicillin. The easier-to-use therapy raises ne

VOA标准英语2012--AIDS Funding Boosts Overall Healthcare

AIDS Funding Boosts Overall Healthcare The battle against HIV/AIDS has received more donor funding than most other diseases combined. Many tens of billions of dollars has been spent in the more than 30 years of the epidemic. The amount of funding has

VOA标准英语2010年-Cheap Drug Could Cut Accident Deaths D

A low-cost, easy-to-use drug could save tens of thousands of lives each year, according to a new study. The medicine promotes blood clotting and has been shown prevent many accident victims from bleeding to death. Tranexamic acid, or TXA, is not new.

VOA标准英语2010年-Urbanization Puts Public Health at Gro

Nations predicts that number will rise to 70 percent by 2050. Urban health challengesHealth researchers, practitioners, policymakers and academics from 45 countries came to the New York Academy of Medicine to discuss a wide and growing array of urban

VOA标准英语2010年-Chad Hit by Worst Floods in Four Decad

The U.N. refugee agency reports torrential rains in Chad are affecting about 150,000 people. The UNHCR says more than one-third of the flood-affected victims are refugees, mainly from the Central African Republic. Heavy rains have been pummeling Chad

VOA标准英语2015--埃博拉疫情或倒逼全球卫生体系重大改革

Ebola Outbreak Shows Major Reforms Needed 埃博拉疫情或倒逼全球卫生体系重大改革 LONDON A panel of experts says major reforms of the global health system are needed - if the world is to avoid a repeat of the Ebola epidemic that swept

VOA标准英语2015--研究:被误认为疟疾的疾病

Study: Diseases Mistaken for Malaria 研究:被误认为疟疾的疾病 A new study warns that, in Africa, illnesses causing fevers are often misdiagnosed as malaria. For example, the study found that dengue fever is circulating in urban areas of Gha

VOA标准英语2015--研究人员表示新的纳米粒子可能取代化学农药

Researchers: New Nanoparticles May Replace Chemicals in Pesticides 研究人员表示新的纳米粒子可能取代化学农药 Using pesticides to battle harmful bacteria that attack fruit and vegetables has its downside, releasing harmful chemicals

英语听力：自然百科 圣河之旅 The Nile尼罗河—18

Rising up alongside confluence is the Khartoum, the capital of Sudan. I'd arrived in the city on a Friday. Islamic mystics known as Sufi were gathering at the edge of the city to perform a weekly sunset ritual. It harks back to the earliest days of I

美国国家公共电台 NPR Fewer Homeless Veterans On LA's Streets

NOEL KING, HOST: Last month, Los Angeles County announced that the number of homeless veterans dropped by 18 percent. Those who are seeing this firsthand say that's good news. But LA still has the highest number of homeless veterans in the country -