VOA标准英语2011--New Malaria Vaccine Passes Safety Test

New Malaria Vaccine Passes Safety Test The fight against malaria may have taken a promising step forward with the latest tests of a new kind of vaccine, which aims to keep people healthy and prevent the infection from spreading. Most malaria vaccines

VOA标准英语2011--Micronutrient Powders Effective in Reduc

Micronutrient Powders Effective in Reducing Anemia in Children Nutrients taken in powder form are effective in preventing malnutrition in children, according to new findings. Children throughout the developing world suffer from anemia - a shortage of

VOA标准英语2011--UN to Plot Strategy against Cancer, Diab

UN to Plot Strategy against Cancer, Diabetes, Heart Disease Later this month (9/19-20), the U.N. hosts the High-level Meeting on Noncommunicable Diseases, such as cancer, heart disease and diabetes. The goal is to find strategies to reduce the number

VOA标准英语2011--Scientists Gather for AIDS Vaccine 2011

Scientists Gather for AIDS Vaccine 2011 The largest conference on AIDS vaccine development is being held in Bangkok, Thailand FROM September 12th to the 15th. Researchers will discuss how to build on recent advances in a time of tight budgets. Organi

VOA标准英语2011--'Contagion' Tracks Deadly Virus

'Contagion' Tracks Deadly Virus Local outbreaks of new diseases have occurred throughout history, but in this age of global jet travel and international commerce, a deadly virus can spread rapidly worldwide. That's what happens in Contagion, a grippi

VOA标准英语2011--Terrorist Attack Victims and Heroes Reme

Terrorist Attack Victims and Heroes Remembered in New York On a day as clear as September 11, 2001, President Barack Obama and former president George W. Bush walked with their wives to the memorial pools built in the footprints of the former twin to

VOA标准英语2011--Memorial Service in New York Honors Vict

Memorial Service in New York Honors Victims of 9/11 Attacks Ten years ago, the United States homeland came under attack. Islamic terrorists flew hijacked passenger planes into the two World Trade Center towers in New York and another into the Pentago

VOA标准英语2011--Picasso, Other Greats Created 'Wearable

Picasso, Other Greats Created 'Wearable Art' Artists such as Pablo Picasso, Alexander Calder and Robert Rauschenberg left behind works of art which are instantly recognizable: Picasso, whose portraits of his lovers merge profile and full face in a di

VOA标准英语2011--Undersea Cable Could Revolutionize Ocean

UnderseaCableCouldRevolutionizeOceanography This past April, there was a big volcanic eruption in Americas Pacific Northwest. If you missed it, you're not alone. It happened under the ocean off the northern Oregon coast. Since then, several research

VOA标准英语2011--Maternal Health Practioners Advocate Sav

Maternal Health Practioners Advocate Saving Lives at Birth The World Health Organization estimates that every minute, a woman dies during pregnancy and millions of others suffer from infections and disease associated with childbearing. To combat this

VOA标准英语2011-- Restaurant Redefines Green, Organic

MobileRestaurantRedefinesGreen,Organic In major metropolitan areas across the United States, food-vending trucks have become a common sight. For the truck merchants selling everything from fresh vegetables to fast food to fancy meals, they are an eas

VOA标准英语2011--Eurozone Ministers Delay Greece Bailout

EurozoneMinistersDelayGreeceBailoutInstallmentUntilOctober Eurozone finance ministers delayed Friday a decision on paying out the next batch of emergency loans to Greece, pending a review of the nation's finances. Greece had been scheduled to receive

VOA标准英语2011--Report: Dementia Not Being Identified Ea

Report:DementiaNotBeingIdentifiedEarlyEnough This year's World Alzheimer's Report focuses on caring for patients in the early stage of the disease, and identifying those who can benefit from treatments that are effective at that stage. In some countr

VOA标准英语2011--Panama Research Institute Dedicated to E

PanamaResearchInstituteDedicatedtoEarth'sEcosystem Every year, about 1,000 scientists from around the world visit the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. The Institute is one of the oldest and largest facilities of its kind in the worl

VOA标准英语2011--US Job Growth Grinds to a Halt in August

USJobGrowthGrindstoaHaltinAugust U.S. job growth ground to a halt in August as government layoffs erased meager gains in the private sector. The Labor Department says American businesses added only 17,000 jobs last month, far short of the 100,000 job

VOA标准英语2011--st Known Human Hand-Ax Found in Kenya

Earliest Known Human Hand-Ax Found in Kenya Archaeologists working in northwestern Kenya have found a skillfully hand-crafted stone ax which appears to have been made nearly 1.75 million years ago, making it the oldest such tool ever discovered. The

VOA标准英语2011--Sitting in Two States at Once

Sitting in Two States at Once Is it possible to be in two places at once? It certainly is if youre in the southwest city of Texarkana, which straddles the border between Texas and Arkansas. In almost every regard, Texarkana is one community. But its

Algerian soccer star to become UN Goodwill Ambassador

UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Retired Algerian soccer striker Mustapha Rabah Madjer, who played in two World Cups and starred on the Portuguese club team FC Porto in the 1980s, is to become a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador in recognition of

Li Na becomes first Chinese to reach WTA Championships

BEIJING, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Chinese tennis star Li Na on Thursday became the fifth singles player to qualify for the prestigious TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships which would be held in Istanbul, Turkey on October 25-30, 2011, becoming the first Chin

VOA标准英语2011--US Hikers: Iran Held Us Because of Natio

US Hikers: Iran Held Us Because of Nationality, Not Actions Two American hikers released after 781 days in an Iranian prison are back in the United States. Appearing at a news conference in New York on Sunday, the two men criticized Iran for holding