Joe DeCapua 15 April 2010 Over the years, theres been debate over when to start HIV-positive patients on anti-retroviral drugs, or ARVs. At first the standard practice was to wait until a persons immune system had nearly collapsed. But a growing body...
The Federal Reserve says it will keep interest rates at their historically low levels for an extended period of time. It also confirmed it will end the program to buy mortgage securities by the end of the month. NPR's Jim Zarroli reports. In a statem...
VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Im Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: Jesse Sullivan was an electrical worker who lost both of his arms while working on power lines And Im Barbara Klein. This week, we will tell about an American s...
South Korean exports are world-renowned among those who shop for mobile phones or flat-screen TVs. But the country is offering a different export to a small Indonesian community - its writing system. Members of an Indonesian ethnic group called the C...
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has received the report of an international commission of inquiry into September's killing of opposition protesters in Guinea. Human rights leaders in Guinea say the international community must hold accountable tho...
The World Health Organization reports a treatment program called DOTS has cured 36 million people with tuberculosis and saved up to eight-million lives during the past 15 years Lisa Schlein | Geneva 08 December 2009 New data show the World Health Org...
VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Im Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: Jesse Sullivan was an electrical worker who lost both of his arms while working on power lines And Im Barbara Klein. This week, we will tell about an American...
By Carol Pearson Washington, DC 14 February 2008 Back pain is one of the most common problems plaguing aging societies. And Americans are now spending more money than ever before to treat it. But a new study says that some of the treatments do not se...
By Carol Pearson Washington 04 October 2007 Experts say heart disease and stroke are the leading cause of death among women throughout the world. Yet, a new study by Duke University in North Carolina shows, as in much of the world, women in the U.S....
By Brian Padden Irbil, Iraq 27 September 2007 Recent outbreaks of cholera in parts of Iraq highlight the need for basic services like clean water.Development projects in much of the country have been delayed because of the deteriorating security situ...
