VOA标准英语2011--Cattle Plague Declared Eradicated

Cattle Plague Declared Eradicated Scientists are declaring victory over a deadly animal disease that cattle herders around the world have dreaded for millennia. Rinderpest becomes the second disease in all of human history to be successfully eradicat

VOA标准英语2011-Little Progress Made Against Tuberculosis

Nearly 10 million new cases of tuberculosis are expected this year. The disease is more prevalent than ever, and the world's drug researchers don't seem to be making much headway. Tuberculosis is a stubborn disease to treat. The current regimen for s

美国国家电台 NPR 2012-09-02

What's left of the Hurricane Isaac is moving into the middle west. The storm is expected to bring heavy rain and possibly tornados. Farmers will welcome the rain, the middle west has been suffering from the worst drought in fifty years. Meanwhile, re

SSS 2010-04-23

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Thats more than a folksy aphorism when it comes to infectious diseases. Because according to a report in the Proceedings of the Royal Society, its more cost effective to reduce the cases of a disease i

VOA慢速英语 2008 0304b

SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Fight to End Polio a Story of Unexpected Problems, but Also Progress Over the years, polio experts have had to learn to deal with surprises. Transcript of radio broadcast: 03 March 2008 VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in

VOA慢速英语 2007 1016a

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Rinderpest, foot-and-mouth disease and bluetongue disease are all animal viruses that can ruin a farmer. An outbreak of one disease is bad enough. Britain has been dealing with foot-and-mouth -- an

2007年VOA标准英语-Parasitic Disease Heads Toward Extinction

By Carol Pearson Washington, D.C. 26 June 2007 Smallpox was the first infectious disease ever to be eradicated worldwide. But now, thanks to a two-decade campaign, guinea worm disease is about to be eradicated as well. Unlike smallpox, guinea worm di

VOA标准英语2012--India Achieves Milestone in Global Polio Eradication

India Achieves Milestone in Global Polio Eradication International reaction To help India celebrate one year since its last reported case of polio, U.S. Health Secretary, Dr. Kathleen Sebelius, came to administer oral polio vaccine to Indian children

VOA标准英语2012--Funding Shortfalls Threaten Polio Eradication

Funding Shortfalls Threaten Polio Eradication The WHO-sponsored World Health Assembly ended recentedly in Geneva, Switzerland, with the announcement of a new strategy to wipe out the polio virus forever. Organizers said global polio eradication has s

VOA标准英语2012--Overcoming Fear of Vaccinations

Overcoming Fear of Vaccinations A new study says fear or complacency about vaccinations can allow preventable diseases such as polio, measles and whooping cough to spread. Scientists say preventing vaccine scares should be part of global immunization

VOA标准英语2012--Global Polio Eradication Gets Major Boost

Global Polio Eradication Gets Major Boost Staff Benda Bilili, a group of eight former street musicians from Kinshasa, Congo, are singing their signature song Polio. Four of the musicians are disabled polio victims. They sing about the disease that dr

UN Polio Campaign

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DEVELOPMENT REPORT - Campaign Against Polio

DEVELOPMENT REPORT — June 10, 2002: Campaign Against Polio By Jill Moss This is the VOA Special English Development Report. In nineteen-eighty-eight, world health leaders started a campaign to end t

印尼小儿麻痹症患者数量有所上升

Polio Cases Rise in Indonesia 印尼小儿麻痹症患者数量有所上升 Polio has stricken dozens of children in Indonesia and is continuing to spread. The government is preparing for a national i

VOA常速英语2007-Polio Eradication Effort Faces Funding Shortfall

By Carol Pearson Washington 24 October 2007 October 24th is World Polio Day. Since 1988, national governments, public health organizations and civic organizations have slashed the number of polio cases by more than 99 percent. But now the eradication

VOA常速英语2007年-WHO Says Global Polio Eradication On Track

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 24 December 2007 The World Health Organization says the most infectious type of polio could be eradicated worldwide by next year, leaving only one more strain of the disease to be tackled. WHO, which began its global polio erad

VOA标准英语2010年-USAID Polio Eradication Director Says

In the early 1950s a worldwide epidemic of polio was in full swing. In the United States alone, 58,000 cases of this highly infectious and crippling disease were reported in 1952. Vaccines - which can prevent, but not cure polio - halted its spread i

2007年VOA标准英语-Hepatitis B Already Global Epidemic

By Carol Pearson Washington 07 September 2007 Hepatitis B is caused by a virus that infects the liver, causing disease that can lead to a deadly cancer. The World Health Organization calls hepatitis B a serious global public health problem. Many peop

VOA常速英语2008年-Guinea Worm Eradication Target Set for 2009

By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 04 April 2008 The global campaign to eradicate the debilitating Guinea worm disease continues, with hopes for eliminating it by 2009. Four countries ended transmission of the disease in 2007. Gilbert da Costa attended a cere

VOA标准英语2010年-Renewed Effort Underway to Eradicate P

A child being vaccinated against polio A new effort is underway to vaccinate people in the four countries where polio outbreaks still occur. If this effort is successful, polio could be eradicated worldwide. Derek Henkle met the 88-year-old Australia