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Special glasses can slow surging myopia in children

By VOA
Apr. 18, 2023

G7 plans new vaccine effort for developing nations

The COVAX facility, backed by WHO and the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, delivered nearly 2 billion doses of coronavirus vaccine to 146 countries.

By VOA
May. 15, 2023

First full-size 3D scan of Titanic reveals wreck like never before

Shipwreck enthusiasts have cause for celebration because the Titanic ocean liner's infamous wreck can now be visualized like never before.

By VOA
May. 19, 2023

First full-size 3D scan of Titanic reveals wreck like never before

Shipwreck enthusiasts have cause for celebration because the Titanic ocean liner's infamous wreck can now be visualized like never before.

By VOA
May. 19, 2023

WHO members approve nearly $7 billion budget

The World Health Organization on Monday won basic approval for a $6.83 billion budget over the next two years, including a 20% hike in mandatory membership fees.

By VOA
May. 23, 2023

WHO members approve nearly $7 billion budget

Elon Musk's brain implant company says it has approval to begin human trials

Elon Musk's brain implant company Neuralink says it's gotten permission from U.S. regulators to begin testing its device in people.

By VOA
May. 27, 2023

Elon Musk's brain implant company says it has approval to begin human trials

In Canada, each cigar and cigarette to bear cancer warning

Canada will soon require that health warnings be printed on individual cigarettes and cigars in a further crackdown on smoking

By VOA
Jun. 1, 2023

In Canada, each cigar and cigarette to bear cancer warning

Newer transplant method could boost number of donor hearts by 30

Most transplanted hearts are from donors who are brain dead, but new research shows a different approach can be just as successful and boost the number of available organs.

By VOA
Jun. 9, 2023

Newer transplant method could boost number of donor hearts by 30

Lab-grown meat industry makes progress but faces supply, public acceptance hurdles

Lab-grown or cultivated meat is meat grown in a lab by extracting cells from animals and growing the muscles to eventually have the texture, nutrition and taste of meat from real-life animals.

By VOA
Jun. 14, 2023

Lab-grown meat industry makes progress but faces supply, public acceptance hurdles

Declassified US intelligence answers few questions on Covid-19 origins

Despite the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) history of work with coronaviruses, there is no intelligence that indicates Covid-19 was present in the lab before the outbreak.

By VOA
Jun. 24, 2023

Declassified US intelligence answers few questions on Covid-19 origins

Amid climate change, mosquitoes migrate; will malaria follow?

Scientists now worry people living in areas once inhospitable to the insects, including the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro and the mountains of eastern Ethiopia, could be newly exposed to the disease.

By VOA
Jul. 21, 2023

Amid climate change, mosquitoes migrate; will malaria follow?

Australian researchers announce HIV infection breakthrough

The research confirming the change in HIV rates in Sydney was presented to the International AIDS Society's HIV science conference being held in the Queensland city of Brisbane

By VOA
Jul. 25, 2023