VOA慢速英语2011--Study Links Smoking to Millions of TB Deaths

Health Report - Study Links Smoking to Millions of TB Deaths 健康报道 - 一项研究称吸烟和肺结核病死亡有直接联系 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语健康报道。 The World Health Org

美国国家公共电台 NPR Hurricane Maria Caused 2,975 Deaths In Puerto Rico, Independent Study Estimates

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Two thousand, nine hundred and seventy-five - that's the estimated number of people who died because of Hurricane Maria in the first six months after the storm struck Puerto Rico. This new death toll was released today, nearly a ye

DEVELOPMENT REPORT - Afghanistan and Maternal Deaths

DEVELOPMENT REPORT – December 2, 2002: Afghanistan and Maternal Deaths By Jill Moss This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Afghanistan has one of the highest death rates in the world am

WHO Urges Action to Prevent Childhood Deaths from Environmen

Broadcast: Apr 07 2003 The World Health Organization, is calling for urgent international action to prevent millions of children from dying every year as a result of environmental hazards. The WHO is

2007年VOA标准英语-WHO Says 40 Percent of Cancer Deaths Are Preven

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 21 May 2007 The World Health Assembly is considering a Global Action Plan Against Cancer that emphasizes prevention as the best cure. The World Health Organization reports cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide, with more

VOA常速英语2007-Campaign Aims To Register All Births And Deaths

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 29 October 2007 The Health Metrics Network, a global partnership sponsored by the World Health Organization, is launching a drive to get countries to register all births and deaths. The World Health Organization says newborn ba

VOA慢速英语2014 AS IT IS 2014-03-01 Ethiopia Cuts Child Deaths by Two-Thirds 埃塞俄比亚三分之二削减儿童死亡

Ethiopia Cuts Child Deaths by Two-Thirds埃塞俄比亚三分之二削减儿童死亡 28 February, 2014 2014年2月28日 Hello again, and welcome to As It Is from VOA Learning English. I'm Steve Ember in Washington. 大家好，欢迎，因为它是来

VOA标准英语2012--US Cancer Deaths Decline

US Cancer Deaths Decline U.S. cancer deaths continue to drop, according to the American Cancer Society. The new report shows a slow reduction in death rates from the most deadly kinds of cancers. Over the past five years, the death rate for men decli

VOA标准英语2012--Tobacco-Caused Deaths Projected to Increase Further

Tobacco-Caused Deaths Projected to Increase Further Virtually all experts on tobacco use recognize it as the single most preventable cause of death worldwide. At the American Cancer Society, Nathan Grey focuses on global health issues. Each year, tob

VOA标准英语2011--As Global Deaths Decline, AIDS Research Funding Slips

As Global Deaths Decline, AIDS Research Funding Slips As the United Nations marks World AIDS Day this year (Dec. 1) it is celebrating a major milestone: a drop in the number of AIDS-related deaths around the world. But funding for continued AIDS rese

VOA标准英语2009-Europeans Shun Swine Flu Vaccine as Deaths F

A European medical society has expressed alarm at the widespread opposition in Europe against the swine flu vaccine. Meanwhile, experts say the number of deaths in Europe from the H1N1 virus are doubling every two weeks. Lisa Bryant | Paris 25 Novem

VOA标准英语2013--India Leads World in Most First-Day Newborn Deaths

India Leads World in Most First-Day Newborn Deaths Afsana Begum lost her second son to jaundice, just a month after he was born in a neighboring slum. Now pregnant again, she is determined that her baby enter the world in a safer environment. If you

美国国家公共电台 NPR The Forces Driving Middle-Aged White People's 'Deaths Of Despair'

DAVID GREENE, HOST: For years, it was almost a given - the annual mortality rate in the United States would generally decline. So it was a pretty big shock when a report came out more than a year ago showing death rates were actually going up for mid

voa标准英语2008-Measles Deaths Worldwide Fall by 74 Percent

Health officials say aggressive efforts to vaccinate young children against measles have resulted in a 74 percent global decline in the number of deaths due to the illness. Experts say the biggest decline, 90 percent, occurred in the Eastern Mediter

2006年VOA标准英语-Study Tallies 655,000 Iraqi War Deaths Since 20

By David McAlary Washington 11 October 2006 U.S. and Iraqi doctors say the Iraq war has caused hundreds of thousands of civilian deaths since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003. Their estimate is much higher than others and is being disputed by the Bush

2007年VOA标准英语-Measles Deaths Drop Sharply With Africa in Lead

By David McAlary Washington 18 January 2007 International public health officials say the number of deaths from measles has dropped sharply in developing nations since 1999, with the biggest decline in Africa. VOA's David McAlary has more on the sto

H1N1禽流感在美国死灰复燃

H1N1禽流感在美国死灰复燃 WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- This year's flu season in the U. S. has hit younger- and middle-age adults harder than in the past three years, as a result of the resurgence of the H1N1 virus that caused a worldwide

Progress achieved in world AIDS treatment

BEIJING, Nov. 22 (Xinhuanet) -- Global AIDS deaths and new HIV infections have each dropped 21 percent since the peak of the AIDS pandemic in 1997, according to a UN report released Monday. One major factor responsible for the result is that life-sav

At least 13 killed in listeria outbreak in U.S

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- At least 13 people had been killed amid 72 sickened in 18 states in listeria outbreak traced to Colorado cantaloupes, making it the most deadly U.S. outbreak of food-borne infection since 1998, the Centers for Disease

CCTV9英语新闻：Floods, hail cause 3 deaths in south China

Related reading: BEIJING, April 5 (Xinhua) -- Floods, hail and mudslides in seven south China provinces since Friday have caused three deaths, leaving three others missing, said the Ministry of Civil Affairs on Tuesday. Downpours triggered floods and