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Broadcast: Jan 6, 2003 By Jill Moss This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Vaccines are special medicines to prevent diseases. They are usually given to children by injection. They have p

VOA标准英语2009年-Experts Say Childhood Vaccinations at

More infants are being immunized than ever before, according to a joint report by UN agencies and the World Bank. But experts say much more needs to be done to protect the world's poorest children from needless suffering. Vidushi Sinha | Washington 2

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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. This week, the drug company Merck announced that it would end a lobbying campaign for Gardasil, its new vaccine for girls and women. Bottles of Gardasil The vaccine is designed to protect against four

CNN 2009-02-13

Good morning, hope your Thursday's after a good start, I'm Reggie Aqui from the CNN Center in Atlanta, here is what's happening right NOW IN THE NEWS. The House could vote on that compromise stimulus bill as early as today. House and Senate leaders

积重难返 里约奥运或面临巨大失败

With just a few weeks left until the start of the 2016 Olympics, Brazil is still suffering from serious economic problems. 2016年奥运会还有数周就要开幕，但巴西依然被严重的经济问题困扰着。 The acting governor of Rio de Ja

VOA慢速英语 2008 0319a

Health Report - Vaccine a Big Success Against Meningitis in Uganda Rates in young children drop to zero in areas of the country included in a study. Transcript of radio broadcast: 18 March 2008 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Meningit

Polio Is Back in Nigeria

Polio Is Back in Nigeria Nigerian officials have launched a polio vaccination campaign in the countrys northeast, where two new cases of the virus were found. Health officials say the virus was discovered in two children from Borno State. The discove

VOA标准英语2012--Overcoming Fear of Vaccinations

Overcoming Fear of Vaccinations A new study says fear or complacency about vaccinations can allow preventable diseases such as polio, measles and whooping cough to spread. Scientists say preventing vaccine scares should be part of global immunization

VOA标准英语2012--Text Messaging Reminders for Flu Vaccinations Get Results

Text Messaging Reminders for Flu Vaccinations Get Results In a world of seven billion people, communications industry records show that nearly six billion of us have access to a cell phone. In developing countries, health care workers in rural areas

PBS高端访谈:新规定可能要求在加利福尼亚的儿童接种疫苗

HARI SREENIVASAN, PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND ANCHOR: California is on the verge of requiring more children to get vaccinations, even if parents disagree. The state's assembly passed a bill this week that allowed medical exemptions but did not allow for exe

最小背包客 3月大的她比你去过的国家多多了

Talk about making the most of your maternity leave. Most people wouldn't even consider packing up their home and travelling the world, let alone do so with an 10-week-old baby - which is exactly what Karen Edwards, 31, and partner Shaun Bayes, from L

联合国250亿美元防妇儿死亡

UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations on Saturday launched an ambitious public-private strategy to end preventable deaths of women, children and adolescents, with initial commitments of more than 25 billion U.S. dollars for the next

出国旅游的十个重要提示

Top 10 Travel Tips: 1. Check the latest travel advice for your destination and subscribe to receive free e-mail notification each time the travel advice for your destination is updated. 2. Take out appropriate travel insurance to cover hospital treat

香港推出限苗令:每月只允许120名非港儿童接种

Hong Kong is to limit the number of non-resident children getting vaccinations at government clinics, after an illegal vaccine scandal in mainland China raised fears some families would come to the city for inoculations and put pressure on supplies. 在

德国政治家强调预防接种的重要性

BERLIN, April 17 (Xinhua) -- German Federal Health Minister Hermann Groehe stressed Thursday the importance of further expanding vaccination of the population on the occasion of this year's European Immunization Week, which starts on April 22, 2014.

里约奥运会还能开得起来吗

With just a few weeks left until the start of the 2016 Olympics, Brazil is still suffering from serious economic problems. The acting governor of Rio de Janeiro warned that the games could be a failure if his state doesn't get its finances in order. 距

韩国人热衷给宠物做整容手术

Move over, humans, it seems animals need makeovers too. Its all the rage in South Korea right now as pet owners are actually paying for cosmetic surgery for their furry companions! 人类，麻烦腾点地儿，看起来动物们也需要化妆美容。

Global Organizations Make Push for Vaccinations

Pneumonia and diarrheal disease are the two leading killers of children in the developing world, killing more children each year than HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined. This week, people around the world are taking action to put an end to d

China's auto sales up nearly 3%

BEIJING, July 11 (Xinhua) -- China's automobile sales hit 9.6 million units in the first half of 2012, up 2.93 percent year on year, data released on Wednesday by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) showed. Auto output during the

经济学人364:危险群体(2)

Other parents fret about thimerosal, a preservative that contains trace amounts of mercury. Not only were these amounts minute and safe, but thimerasol has now been eliminated from all vaccines, with the exception of multi-dose flu shots. Often these