Archive for April, 2010
Drink the Corporate Kool-Aid? Not If You Want to Sit in the Catbird Seat
AA: I’m Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER: we’re back with Ralph Keyes, author of the new book “I Love It When You Talk Retro.” RS: He explores the origins of terms that Americans use even if they are too young to remember where these terms came from. RALPH KEYES: “Take [...]
WHO Declares Flu Pandemic
Update: On Thursday, the World Health Organization declared the H1N1 virus a pandemic. Director-General Margaret Chan said the virus is now unstoppable but that the danger is moderate. The agency repeated its advice to countries not to close borders or establish travel restrictions but to be watchful. Infections reached nearly 30,000 confirmed cases in 74 [...]
Connecting Africa s Health Workers
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. The United Nations is seeking to improve electronic communication for health workers in Africa. Workers in rural areas would have a better way to get training, information and advice from doctors hundreds or even thousands of kilometers away. In two thousand five, the World Health Assembly passed [...]
