Antibiotic-resistant germs cause more than two million illnesses and at least 23,000 deaths each year in the U.S. 抗生素抗药性细菌会引发200多万种疾病,每年有至少2.3万名美国人因此而死亡。 Inappropriate prescribing of a

发表于:2018-12-04 / 阅读(129) / 评论(0) 分类 医学英语轻松学

Legionnaires' Disease 1 Legionnaires' disease is a serious and sometimes fatal form of pneumonia 2 . Legionnaires' disease is caused by infection with Legionella bacteria which are found naturally in

发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(185) / 评论(0) 分类 英语沙龙2004全年合辑上

The Next 'Wonder Drug' Is ... a Maggot? From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. The next superhero that saves the world may not be strong, powerful or good-looking. In fact, that hero may be a wriggling, squirming faceless cre

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(68) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(六)月

WHO: Plague in Madagascar Could Spread 世界卫生组织:瘟疫可能在马达加斯加蔓延 From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. For much of 2014, health officials around the world have been guarding against Ebola virus. There is

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 2014年VOA慢速英语(十二)月

BBC News with Eileen McCue. President Trump has promised what he called a historic increase in defense spending. White House officials say he wants the Pentagon budget to go up by $54bn, almost 10 per cent. The administration hopes to pay for the inc

发表于:2018-12-20 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 中英双语新闻

These days, antibiotics are no silver bullet. In fact, if you get them in the hospital, you may end up with an additional infection. Like the bug Clostridium difficile, or C. diffwhich infects more than 300,000 Americans a year and kills some 14,000.

发表于:2018-12-24 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 2014年Scientific American(十)月

D: Well, Mr.Smith. That's a nasty infection you have. S: Yes. Is anything you can give me to get rid of it, doctor? D: I'm going to prescribe some antibiotics and some cream to ease the itching and burning. S: Ok, thank you. Where should I buy them?

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 想聊就聊

Pfizer is the worlds largest pharmaceutical company. It was founded in New York in 1849 by Charles Pfizer and his cousin. Their business started booming after they discovered a process for making citric acid. This method was vital in producing penici

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 世界名牌博览

Lethal infections from CRE germs are on the rise in medical facilities. 致命病菌抗碳青霉烯类肠杆菌属(GRE)正在医院蔓延。 CRE, or carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, have become resistant to nearly all, and in some cases,

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(140) / 评论(0) 分类 医学英语轻松学

The antimicrobial triclosan is a common ingredient in hand soap. But it's also found in shampoos, deodorants, toothpaste, even lip gloss. So it's not too surprising that triclosan also shows up in blood, urine, breast milk and mucus. But here's the w

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 英伦广角

Every week this summer, we'll be doing these special web shows. Today, we're talking about a story we covered toward the end of the school year: an outbreak of E. coli. That's a specific kind of bacteria. You can get it from contaminated food or wate

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(95) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN2011年(六)月

Vaccines are desperately needed in the developing world. Even when theyre available and inexpensive, theres still a major problem: most vaccines need to be refrigerated. Reaching the relevant populations often means traveling to areas where electrici

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(94) / 评论(0) 分类 Scientific American(七)月

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. The single largest killer of children under age five is pneumonia. This lung infection kills about two million children each year, mostly in developing countries. A boy with pneumonia at a camp for eart

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(92) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA慢速英语2008年(一)月

American Company Helps Small Farmers Make Money Five years ago, American James Faison could not imagine what he is doing today. Faison worked in the state of Florida as a lawyer for large companies until 2012, when he moved to Virginia to start a far

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(135) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年VOA慢速英语(十二)月

【考试题目】 Food has become cheaper thanks to enlarged manufacturing capacity, use of fertilizer and better machinery. However, some believe it will do harm to the health of humans and local community as a whole. To what extent do you agree or

发表于:2019-01-17 / 阅读(122) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

A killer bug spreading across the globe like wildfire sounds like something out of a bad sci- fi film. But while this is still the stuff of fantasy, microbiologists are concerned about the news of an enzyme with the potential to convert all bacteria

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 中英双语新闻

Science and Technology 科技 Finding new antibiotics: The 48 uses of dragon's blood 寻找新抗生素:巨蜥血的48种功效 Komodo dragons could be the source for a new generation of antibiotics 科莫多巨蜥可成为新一代抗生素的来源

发表于:2019-01-25 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人科技系列

Unit 5 Visiting a patient Conversation 1 A : Hi, May , I didn't see you at work this morning. Are you all right? B : Oh, I feel miserable . I've got a bad cold , My head is dizzy and my nose is running. A : Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that. Have you se

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(97) / 评论(0) 分类 交际英语热门话题

Precisely the same thing happens with meningitis. 脑膜炎的情况完全一样。 At least 10 percent of young adults, and perhaps 30 percent of teenagers, carry the deadly meningococcal bacterium, 至少有10%的年轻人和也许30%的少年携带着

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 万物简史

Soon one of these new strains, called Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus, began to show up in hospitals. 过不多久,一种名叫抗甲氧苯青霉素葡萄球菌的新品种葡萄球菌开始在医院里出现。 Only one type of antibio

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 万物简史