US Officials Warn of Increase in Bacterial Illnesses That Could Be Deadly United States health officials are warning of an increase in rare bacterial illnesses that can lead to meningitis. It is a serious and often deadly disease in which an outside...
Study: Humans Give More Viruses to Animals Than They Give Us Some of the deadliest diseases to infect humans have come from pathogens that jumped from animals to people. The virus that causes AIDS, for example, came from chimpanzees. And many experts...
意大利医生开创性地将腿部神经移植到手部 A man in Italy might regain the use of his hand after having a new kind of medical operation. 意大利的一名男子在接受了一种新的医疗手术后可能会恢复手的功能。 Doct...
人工智能可以帮助老人对抗孤单 Joyce Loaiza lives alone in a community for older people in the American state of Florida. 乔伊斯洛艾萨独自住在美国佛罗里达州的一个老年人社区。 When she is home, the retired office...
塑化剂在食品中广泛存在 New research from the American non-profit organization Consumer Reports finds that plastics have a widespread presence in food. 美国非营利组织消费者报告的最新研究发现，塑料在食品中广泛存在...
残疾的治疗猫 Every day Juanita Mengel, a 67-year-old woman from the state of Ohio, wakes up and puts on her manufactured leg. 来自俄亥俄州的67岁妇女胡安妮塔门格尔每天醒来后都会戴上她的假腿。 The device is called a...
研究称美国儿童肥胖率正在上升 A new study adds to evidence that obesity is becoming more common in young children in America. 一项新的研究进一步证明，肥胖在美国幼儿中变得越来越普遍。 The study appeared in the...
AI Chatbots to Help with Mental Health Struggles From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. The mental health chatbot Earkick greets users with a friendly-looking panda that could fit easily in a children's program. When users ta...
New Way to Fight Brain Cancer Shows Promise A new way to fight an extremely aggressive kind of brain tumor is showing promise in two experiments with a small number of patients. For the experiments, scientists took patients' own immune cells and turn...
Marriages in South Korea Rise Slightly after Years of Decrease 韩国结婚率去年小幅增长 The number of marriages in South Korea rose in 2023 for the first time in more than ten years. 2023年韩国结婚人数出现十多年来的首次增长。...
California Lawmaker Wants to Know What Makes People Happy March 20 is the United Nations' International Day of Happiness. For many years, northern European countries, especially Finland, have been named among the happiest countries on Earth. The Unit...
US Approves Weight-loss Drug to Reduce Heart Disease Risk From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. In 2021, the U.S. food and drug agency approved the drug Wegovy for weight loss. Now, the Food and Drug Administration (or, FDA)...
Are Tiny Plastic Particles in Our Bodies Harmful? 微塑料是否对人体有害？ A new study examines possible harm caused by microscopic pieces of plastic that end up inside people's bodies. 一项新的研究考察了最终进入人体的微小塑...
Scientists Grow Mini-organs in Cells from Pregnancy Fluid From VOA Learning English, this is the Health and Lifestyle report. British researchers say they have grown small human organs using cells removed from fluid that protects developing fetuses....
Garden Expert Tries New Fruits, Vegetables Jessica Damiano says crops like tomatoes, garlic, chives, basil, parsley, thyme, and sage have been permanent plants in her garden for ages. Damiano, a gardening expert who writes for The Associated Press, s...
