The coronavirus pandemic can be especially difficult for older adults who live alone. To help support them, some American communities and groups have set up services aimed at meeting their needs for human contact and small talk. The city of Plano, Te...
Many internet tools seek to identify what disease a person has based on symptoms described by the user. A new study finds these online symptom checkers are rarely correct and could be harmful. 许多互联网工具试图根据用户描述的症状来诊...
The coronavirus crisis is changing the world of autonomous, or self-driving, cars. More companies are now thinking about using the vehicles to deliver goods instead of people. John Krafcik is the head of Waymo, a self-driving technology company owned...
'Dengue Kills Too' - Latin America Faces Two Epidemics The coronavirus is killing thousands and commanding government attention across Latin America. But another deadly viral infection remains a problem for the region: dengue. Dengue, which is spread...
An evangelical broadcaster with a contract to air Christian programs in Israel is now at risk of being shut down. The reason? Some accuse the channel of trying to get Jews to become Christians. The channel, called GOD TV, has put both Israel and its...
Companies in Silicon Valley, California, America's technology capital, recently hurried to remove a misleading video from their websites. The video was of a discredited researcher sharing several questionable or false theories about the new coronavir...
Refugees Face Special Difficulty in US During Crisis The Amiri family arrived in the United States more than a month ago, but the children are still waiting for their first day at school. Their father, Mahmood, has not been able to find a job. He and...
Have you ever learned to do something with the help of an internet search? The answer is likely Yes! In fact, you probably learned many things by watching how-to videos. How-to videos show people how to do or make something. They can cover nearly any...
People in some countries have reported making healthier eating choices during the coronavirus crisis. New research also found that people facing stay-at-home orders tried cooking new things and threw away less food. The results came from a recent res...
Travel Ban Threatens Livelihoods on Distant Galapagos Islands On the Galapagos Islands in the eastern Pacific Ocean, serious health problems are so rare that hospitals there were not equipped with intensive care areas. Then, the new coronavirus arriv...
American drug maker Moderna said Monday that its experimental COVID-19 vaccine produced antibodies in a small group of healthy people in an early trial. 美国制药商现代公司周一表示，其试验性新冠肺炎疫苗在早期试验的一小群...
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle Report. In springtime, many Americans take on a major project: cleaning their homes from top to bottom. We often call this kind of work spring cleaning. Part of spring cleaning often involves cl...
Scientists have long wondered how Australia's koalas get enough water to live. A new study provides an answer. In the wild, koalas get water from the plant leaves they eat. But they also get it from water running down the side of tree trunks during r...
From India to Argentina, millions of people who were already struggling have had their lives made harder during the new coronavirus pandemic. The International Labor Organization, or ILO, says more than four out of five people in the world's labor fo...
A drop in tourism during the coronavirus crisis is making it more difficult for some organizations to protect threatened wildlife in Africa. Wildlife officials fear poaching activity will rise because the collapse of the travel industry leaves less m...
