Some plants, known as flowering annuals, bloom without stop before dying at the end of the year or season. Other flowering plants, known as perennials, return every year. They can bloom all season, with a lot of blossoms at first followed by addition...
New blood tests could help to identify, or diagnose, Alzheimer's disease faster and with more accuracy, researchers reported recently. However, some of the tests for the brain-wasting disease appear to work better than others. New tests, new drugs Do...
Scientists are raising pigs to produce human organs at a specialized research farm in the American state of Virginia. A medical company called Revivicor runs the farm in the rural community of Blacksburg. The area is surrounded by the Blue Ridge Moun...
Heat Can Be Good or Bad for Your Garden Summer brings very high temperatures to many parts of the United States. That can be both good news and bad news for gardens and gardeners. Jessica Damiano writes about gardening for the Associated Press. She k...
People who grow their own food are familiar with planting tomatoes, peppers, squash, herbs, berries and other common fruits and vegetables. However, they may not think of growing plants for drinks. Gardening expert Jessica Damiano recently wrote abou...
Ivory Coast Launches First Malaria Vaccine Program Health workers in Ivory Coast have launched the countrys first child vaccination program against malaria. The effort aims to reduce cases of the mosquito-spread disease, which has become one of Afric...
Where Is Bird Flu Spreading around the World? Different versions of bird flu have been spreading around the world in recent years. The virus, officially known as H5N1, is believed to have killed millions of wild and domestic birds worldwide. Some oth...
Can Resistance Training Keep Us Feeling Young? From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. Some experts suggest that lifting weights is the best way to keep our bodies strong and healthy as we age. Weight lifting is a type of resi...
Man Regains His Voice with the Help of a Rare Medical Operation A man in the Northeastern state of Massachusetts has regained his voice after a rare operation. Marty Kedian received a total transplant of his larynx, the organ responsible for speech,...
How to Deal Safely with Poison Ivy in the Garden Experienced gardeners have likely learned to look out for poison ivy, a common plant found across North America, Europe and East Asia. While this green, leafy plant is not life-threatening, it can caus...
Scientists Fear Bird Flu Pandemic Coming Scientists studying the spread of bird flu in the United States say they worry about a lack of data in tracking the virus, called Type A H5N1. In recent months, the disease has spread to 129 groups of cows acr...
How Heat Kills From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. As temperatures and humidity rise outside, what happens inside the human body can become a life or death situation. And a difference of just a few degrees can mean living...
Scientists Study Why Bird Flu Kills Some Animals, Not Others Researchers are seeking to learn why bird flu kills some animals quickly but causes only moderate illness in others. In recent years, bird flu is believed to have killed millions of wild an...
Weight-loss Options for Children Are Hard to Get From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. For many parents in the United States, finding help for an overweight child is not easy. That is because the most widely suggested treatm...
Improve Your Mindset, Improve Your Health From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. Prince Bhojwani never thought of himself as a negative person. But three trips to the hospital in one month led him to reconsider his thoughts,...
