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Broadcast: August 5, 2003 (THEME) VOICE ONE: I'm Bob Doughty with Phoebe Zimmermann, and this is the VOA Special English program, SCIENCE IN THE NEWS. VOICE TWO: This week -- a report about the proble
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Friday, December 1st marks the 30th World AIDS Day. 这个周五的12月1日是第三十届世界艾滋病日。 One aim of the event is to show support for people living with HIV, the virus that causes Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, or AIDS. A
Each day, more than 6,000 people around the world fall victim to HIV. That's how serious the problem is. The World Health Organization has estimated that about 17 million people have already been infe
By Vronique LaCapra Washington, DC 11 September 2007 In Washington, D.C., about one in fifty people has AIDS, and the annual rate of new AIDS cases is more than ten times the national average In Washington, D.C., about one in 50 people has AIDS, and
09 Having Limited Mobility GLOSSARY crutch one of two long sticks where one puts one end under ones armpit(between ones arm and body) and the other end reaches the ground, used to support ones weight and help one walk when one cannot put very much we
World AIDS Day is observed on December the 1st each year. It really is a day that should be very high profile in all countries around the world. Of course, it is to raise awareness of the horror of AIDS. On this day, we do our best to remember the mi
By Kent Klein Washington 26 March 2008 AIDS researchers are discussing where to go next, after a potential vaccine failed in two human trials several months ago. As VOA's Kent Klein reports, numerous approaches were considered at the Summit on HIV Va
NB: This is not a word for word transcript Rob: Hello, I'm Rob, and Yvonne has joined me for today's 6 Minute English. Hello, Yvonne! Yvonne: Hello, Rob. Rob: Today, we're talking about social mobility in the UK and a plan by the government to try an
By Melinda Smith Washington 24 March 2008 Scientists who have worked for decades to find a vaccine for the HIV and AIDS infections will meet next week at the U.S. National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Maryland to chart a future course for researc
SANTO DOMINGO, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- The United States has donated(捐赠) 634,000 U.S. dollars in a new bid to help the Dominican Republic fight HIV/AIDS, the government said Friday. The funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development (
By Kari Barber Dakar 26 February 2008 Recent civil wars in the West African nations of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Ivory Coast destabilized neighboring southeast Guinea with a flood of refugees and increased poverty. Health workers say the movement of
Gail: Oh! Mike: Are you okay? Gail: Yeah, Im just not used to these crutches yet. The doctor said I should start using them if I ever want to get out of this wheelchair , but I dont have the strength to stand up. Mike: Youll get the hang of it . Dont
By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 13 September 2007 The chairman of an anti-AIDS group has accused the U.N. Security Council and the West in general for ignoring what he calls a litany of horror against women in eastern Congo. For VOA, Nick Wadhams has the sto
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama announced Thursday that his administration is committing an addition 50 million U.S. dollars in funding for domestic HIV/AIDS treatment and care. Obama also set a new target of helping six mi
WASHINGTON, D.C. More than 20,000 participants are wrapping up the global AIDS conference in Washington, after a week of events intended to invigorate efforts to halt the epidemic. While scientists and international policy makers discussed research a
BEIJING, Nov. 22 (Xinhuanet) -- Global AIDS deaths and new HIV infections have each dropped 21 percent since the peak of the AIDS pandemic in 1997, according to a UN report released Monday. One major factor responsible for the result is that life-sav
WASHINGTON D.C. The 19th International AIDS Conference drew to a close in Washington, D.C., on Friday. Under the banner of Turning the Tide Together, more than 20,000 delegates attended the six-day gathering, where speakers ranged from famous enterta
ULAN BATOR, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia will continue to curb the spread of HIV and strive to maintain a low prevalence of the AIDS epidemic, a government official said Thursday. Gansukh Battulga, an official with the National Committee on AIDS, told
At age eighteen, I left my home in Brooklyn, New York, and went off to study history at Leeds University in Yorkshire, England. It was an exciting but stressful time in my life, for while trying to adjust to the novelty of unfamiliar surroundings, I