Why Some People Are Poor The poverty line is the minimum income that people need for an acceptable standard of living.People with incomes below the poverty line are consisdered poor. As the general standard of living rises,the poverty line does,too.T...
THE MAKING OF A NATION - April 4, 2002: 1930s/Neutrality Tested By David Jarmul VOICE 1: THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (Theme) Growing tensions in Eur...
SCIENCE REPORT - February 28, 2002: Blood Test For Ovarian Cancer By Nancy Steinbach This is the VOA Special English Science Report. American medical researchers say they have developed a simple blood...
HEALTH REPORT – December 4, 2002: Test Warns of Heart Attack Risk By Jerilyn Watson This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Since the nineteen-fifties, American doctors have tested their pati...
HEALTH REPORT – November 20, 2002: Quick HIV Test By Jerilyn Watson This is the VOA Special English Health Report. The United States Food and Drug Administration has approved a fast new test for H-I...
HEALTH REPORT –August 21, 2002: Testing for Depression By Lawan Davis This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Depression is a medical condition that causes intense feelings of sadness. Depres...
HEALTH REPORT-Testing for Pre-Diabetes By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: April 17, 2002 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. American health experts say more people should be tested for a condit...
By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: November 5, 2003 This is Phoebe Zimmermann with the VOA Special English Health Report. A new blood test could give doctors a better way to tell if a person is in danger o...
by Jill Moss Broadcast: July 23, 2003 This is Bill White with the VOA Special English Health Report. A medical company in Australia, PanBio, has developed a new test for West Nile 1)virus. The test ex...
By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: July 9, 2003 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Health Report. An American study has shown mixed results in testing the effects of a drug as a way to preven...