By Carol Pearson Washington, D.C. 26 June 2007 Smallpox was the first infectious disease ever to be eradicated worldwide. But now, thanks to a two-decade campaign, guinea worm disease is about to be eradicated as well. Unlike smallpox, guinea worm di...
Transcript of the Prime Minister's broadcast on Foot and Mouth Disease I want to speak today about the devastating outbreak of foot and mouth disease, to say what we are doing to control and eradicate it, and how everyone can play their part in ensu...
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 12 October 2006 The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization on Thursday inaugurated a new Crisis Management Center to fight avian influenza outbreaks and other major animal health or food health-related emergenci...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 24 September 2006 Spain's Queen Sofia (c) at the opening of World Congress of Cardiology, September 2, 2006 The World Health Organization reports more than 17 million people a year die from heart disease and stroke, making it...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 13 February 2006 Red lights illuminate the American Falls in Niagara Falls to bring awareness of heart disease in women, February 3, 2006 The World Heart Federation says heart d...
By Ernest Leong Washington, D.C. 03 January 2006 See report on Sudan According to the World Health Organization, there are 500,000 new cases of kala azar per year. Kala azar is a deadly epidemic sprea...
Unit 16 Text A Heart Disease: Treat or preven t one of the greatest killers in the Western world is heart disease. The death rate from the disease has been increasing at an alarming speed for the past...
SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Autoimmune Diseases: When the Body Starts to Attack Its Own Cells By Dana Demange Broadcast: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special...
HEALTH REPORT - Heart Disease in Women By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 This is Phoebe Zimmermann with the VOA Special English Health Report. Studies show that many American w...
HEALTH REPORT - New Method to Find Alzheimer's Disease By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A computer picture of a brain affected b...