VOA标准英语2012--Common Infection Raises Female to Male HIV Risk

Common Infection Raises Female to Male HIV Risk A common bacterial infection among women in sub-Saharan Africa sharply increases the risk of HIV transmission to men. Researchers say current treatments provide only a short-term solution. Its long been

美国国家公共电台 NPR For Gideon, Infection With a Common Virus Caused Rare Birth Defects

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Today in Your Health, we're going to take a look at a virus that can cause severe birth defects. Yes, as if Zika weren't scary enough, right? But this is something else. It's a virus called CMV, which causes disability for as man

SSS 2010-02-19

When youre looking for a table in a crowded cafeteria, you probably give wide berth to the family that sounds like its sharing a big dish of whooping cough. Well, not if youre a house finch, particularly a male. Because a study in the journal Biology

Agroecology, Part 2

By Mario Ritter Broadcast: October 7, 2003 This is Doug Johnson with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Today we finish a two-part series. A listener in Brazil asked about 1)agroecology. This

Agroecology, Part 1

By Mario Ritter Broadcast: September 30, 2003 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. This week, we take a suggestion from a listener in Brazil. Agricultural specialist Lu

Tea May Help Fight Infection

Broadcast: April 30, 2003 By Nancy Steinbach This is the VOA Special English Health Report. American researchers say drinking tea may help strengthen the body's defense system against infection. Docto

VOA标准英语2011--Automakers Turn Agro-Waste into Car Part

Scientists in Brazil are turning fruit fibers into car parts. At a recent meeting of the American Chemical Society, the researchers described their work in making the next generation of automotive parts made from natural fibers from bananas, pineappl

VOA常速英语2008年-Report: TB Infection Rates in Africa Have Doubl

By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 24 March 2008 As the world marks international Tuberculosis day, a new study has revealed a frightening rise in the past 15 years in tuberculosis cases in Africa. Correspondent Scott Bobb reports from our Southern Africa Bu

2007年VOA标准英语-India, US Making Last-Ditch Bid on Nuclear Agre

By Steve Herman New Delhi 19 July 2007 High-level talks between India and the United States are going into an unscheduled third day in Washington in the hopes of overcoming obstacles to a controversial nuclear cooperation agreement. VOA's Steve Herma

VOA标准英语2012--Attack on Pro-Gbagbo Protestors Draws Criticism from Ivorian Rights Group

Attack on Pro-Gbagbo Protestors Draws Criticism from Ivorian Rights Group Dozens of supporters of former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo were attacked and injured during a rally Sunday in Abidjan, after opponents began throwing stones. Eric-Aim

VOA标准英语2013--Climate, Brain Infection Linked in Uganda

Climate, Brain Infection Linked in Uganda Scientists say they have found the first major neurological condition linked to climate. A Ugandan study shows the amount of rainfall can affect the number of infants who develop a deadly brain infection. Its

VOA标准英语2010年-Foreign Agro Firms Scoop Up Ethiopian

Peter Heinlein | Addis Ababa 22 February 2010 The Green Revolution that ended food shortages in parts of the world decades ago may be coming to East Africa, bringing the promise of bountiful harvests in a region more often associated with drought and

VOA标准英语2011--Study: Vitamin D is Powerful Weapon Agai

Study: Vitamin D is Powerful Weapon Against TB Vitamin D plays a critical role in fighting infection and now scientists say that it may be a powerful weapon against tuberculosis. In a study reported in the journal Science Translational Medicine, rese

英闻天下——67 Chavez Suffers "Severe" Lung Infection

Venezuelan authorities are now conceding President Hugo Chavez is dealing with a severe lung infection. Ernesto Villegas is the Information Minister. After the delicate surgery of this past December 11, Comandante Chavez has faced complications as a

E. coli infection cases rise sharply in Germany

BERLIN, June 1 (Xinhua) -- Germany's disease control center reported on Wednesday 365 new cases of the fatal enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC), which marked a sharp rise since its outbreak in the middle of May. Twenty-five percent of the new cases inv

2007年VOA标准英语-Concern Growing in US West Over Agroterrorism

By Jeff Swicord Cheyenne, Wyoming 10 September 2007 Workers at adairy farm There is growing concern that farms and ranches in the western U.S. could become the target of agroterrorism. The devastating outbreaks of foot and mouth disease in Britain a

VOA标准英语2010年-AIDS: Vital First Minutes of Infection

A top U.S. health official says the first few minutes after HIV infection may be a window of opportunity to prevent the AIDS virus from firmly taking hold in the body. The HIV thats present during initial infection is different from the virus that re

2006年VOA标准英语-UN Says AIDS Progress Made in Sudan

By Noel King Khartoum 03 December 2006 The United Nations says it is making progress in combating HIV/AIDS in Sudan, but warned that infection rates may be on the rise in the war-torn Darfur region. The United Nations estimates that Sudan has the hi

VOA标准英语2009年-Study Finds High Rate of Infection at

More than 1,200 intensive care units in 75 countries examined Carol Pearson | Washington, DC 08 December 2009 Researchers found that more than half of the 14,000 patients in the study on that one day, developed infections in intensive care units Stay

学个词Learn a Word 第1328期 infection

今天我们要学的词是infection。 Infection, 感染。 MIT scientists are developing a new drug that might be able to fight any viral infection, 麻省理工大学的科学家正在研究一种新药，可能可以治疗任何病毒感染。 Re