Archive for September, 2009
United States and Mexico Battle Swine Flu
What you should do to avoid infection Transcript of radio broadcast: 28 April 2009 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Swine flu is a respiratory sickness caused by an influenza virus that mainly infects pigs. However, sometimes the virus can sicken humans. That is what has happened in Mexico in the last few [...]
The Global Snakebite Initiative Is Working to Improve Treatment for Victims
Scientists say the people most often bitten may be the least able to get good treatment. Transcript of radio broadcast: 22 April 2009 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. More than four million people around the world are bitten by snakes each year. At least one hundred twenty-five thousand of these people die. [...]
Happy Thoughts for Future = More Time to Live It?
A study in women suggests that hopeful individuals are less likely than others to suffer an early death. Transcript of radio broadcast: 14 April 2009 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Here is a good reason to be hopeful about the future: it might help you stay alive. Smiling woman Findings from a [...]
