医学英语轻松学 第2期:感染

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

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 2012-08-14

Five-hundred years ago, a 15-year-old Incan girl was sacrificed, along with two other children. Her mummy has now revealed that she had an active lung infection at her death. Because a technique called shotgun proteomics has been used to determine wh

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

Tuberculosis1

Broadcast: May 14, 2003 By Karen Leggett This is the VOA Special English Health Report. One-third of all the people in the world are infected with tuberculosis, or TB, a disease caused by bacteria in

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

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2012--Tuberculosis Cases Down, Disease Still A Major Killer

Tuberculosis Cases Down, Disease Still A Major Killer The news from the World Health Organization is mixed: some 20 million people are alive today as a result of international efforts to control tuberculosis and care for those who have it. As a resul

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

VOA标准英语2009-Global Fund Approves $2.4 Billion to Fight A

By Peter Heinlein Addis Ababa 15 November 2009 The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis has approved grants worth $2.4 billion to fight the diseases during the next two years. The amount represents a slight decrease in funding levels,

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

VOA慢速英语20060807a

DEVELOPMENT REPORT - Better Control of TB Seen If a Faster Cure Is FoundBy Jill Moss Broadcast: Monday, August 07, 2006 This is the VOA Special English Development Report. The World Health Organizatio

(1) WHO and (2) Tuberculosis

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HEALTH REPORT - Finding and Treating Tuberculosis

HEALTH REPORT - Finding and Treating Tuberculosis By Karen Leggett Broadcast: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 This is Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Health Report. Experts on tuberculosis say t

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

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