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In the U.S., flu season starts next month. It's a time when flu epidemics often break out in the country. The Centers for Disease Control says it can last from October to May. This year, a group of American Pediatrician says flu mist, a nasal spray,

VOA慢速英语2009-Health Report - Scientists Take Step in Search o

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Evidence is increasing that common influenza viruses are becoming resistant to the main drug used to treat them. The drug is oseltamivir, also known as Tamiflu. The most common seasonal flu virus found

2006年VOA标准英语-US Gears Up For Bird Flu Pandemic

By Carol Pearson Washington, DC 18 April 2006 watch US Bird Flu Plan report President Bush is expected to sign off on a plan on how the United States would handle bird flu pandemic if Americans contra

VOA标准英语2012--Numerous Encephalitis Cases Devastate North India

Numerous Encephalitis Cases Devastate North India In India every year, during the rainy monsoon season, hundreds of children die or become disabled, physically or mentally, after contracting Japanese encephalitis. Doctor K. P. Kushwaha is a senior pe

VOA标准英语2011--Saving Lives, Saving Money With Childhoo

Saving Lives, Saving Money With Childhood Vaccines Efforts are underway to speed vaccine development and delivery in 72 countries over the next 10 years. New studies say that would save the lives of more than six million children and save billions of

VOA标准英语2012--Mom's Flu Vaccination Boosts Baby Birth Weight

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

VOA标准英语2011--Malaria Vaccine Shows Acceptable Safety, Efficacy Results

Malaria Vaccine Shows Acceptable Safety, Efficacy Results An international health alliance working to develop a vaccine against malaria says one of its most advanced vaccines, called RTS,S, shows promising results. After two years of human clinical t

VOA标准英语2009-Hajj Pilgrims Add H1N1 Vaccine to Ritual

About 2.5 million Muslims are converging on Mecca this week to take part in the annual Hajj. This year many pilgrims are adding extra step to their preparations for the ritual - getting the H1N1 vaccine. Elizabeth Arrott | Cairo 23 November 2009 The

VOA标准英语2009-Nigeria Records First Swine Flu Death in Sau

Saudi authorities say victim was not vaccinated against infection Chinedu Offor | Washington DC 23 November 2009 Its all talk about it but in terms of seeing what is on the ground, I have not seen much A Nigerian pilgrim has died of swine flu in Sau

VOA标准英语2009-Europeans Shun Swine Flu Vaccine as Deaths F

A European medical society has expressed alarm at the widespread opposition in Europe against the swine flu vaccine. Meanwhile, experts say the number of deaths in Europe from the H1N1 virus are doubling every two weeks. Lisa Bryant | Paris 25 Novem

VOA标准英语2013--Global Initiative Unveils Six-Year Plan to Eradicate Polio

Global Initiative Unveils Six-Year Plan to Eradicate Polio A new campaign has been announced to eradicate polio. The six-year plan costing $5.5 billion was unveiled Thursday at the Global Vaccine Summit in Abu Dhabi. The Global Polio Initiative says

VOA常速英语2015--加州麻疹疫情接种疫苗闹纠纷

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Pregnant Women: Avoid Soft Cheeses, But Do Get These Shots

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: All right, when you're pregnant, you know that doctors want you to get a few key vaccines. And now the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists is trying to make that a little bit easier. For the first time, it's put t

VOA常速英语2013--意识形态和暴力阻止巴基斯坦根除脊髓灰质炎

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VOA常速英语2008年-WHO Develops Long-Lasting, Low-Cost Meningitis

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

voa标准英语2008-Measles Deaths Worldwide Fall by 74 Percent

Health officials say aggressive efforts to vaccinate young children against measles have resulted in a 74 percent global decline in the number of deaths due to the illness. Experts say the biggest decline, 90 percent, occurred in the Eastern Mediter

AP美联社一分钟新闻(2009-10-05)

This is AP news minute. The Philippines are just calling for international help as it deals with massive flooding that has claimed at least 240 lives, dozens more remain missing. Officials say they may not have enough resources to deal with another

VOA标准英语10月-UN Launches Campaign with Diaper Maker to Elimina

The UN Children's Fund, in partnership with diaper-maker Pampers, is launching a global campaign to eliminate tetanus by 2012. UNICEF reports the disease kills about 140,000 newborn infants and 30,000 mothers every year in the poorest countries in t

VOA标准英语2009年-Researchers Say Elderly Not Necessarily Im

By Vidushi Sinha Washington 04 November 2009 A new report about the H1N1 flu virus indicates that the elderly are not immune from the disease afterall. And another report seems to support the early decision to make pregnant women among the first to

VOA标准英语2009年-Safety of H1N1 Vaccine, Hospital Readiness

By Carol Pearson Washington 17 October 2009 A girl receives an H1N1 vaccination Countries in the northern hemisphere are starting to distribute the H1N1 flu vaccine as part of a massive immunization program against the viral pandemic. Parents and so