Scientists are testing a novel technique to deter poachers targeting endangered rhinos for their prized horns: injecting radioactive pellets into the horns so there is less demand for them on the black market. Marize de Klerk reports from the Waterberg Biosphere Reserve in South Africa.
Multi-ministerial committee aims to secure new financial support for critical health programs
Not all children can play with conventional toys. At a school in New York, occupational therapists are taking off-the-shelf toys and adapting them to make them more suitable for disabled students’ needs. Tina Trinh reports.
His nomination now will face a full senate vote, despite concerns about the work he's done to sow doubts around vaccine safety and his potential to profit off lawsuits over drugmakers
There has been one death attributed to the virus, and two more cases confirmed
The recent outbreak of the H5N1 avian influenza virus in the U.S. and the potential for it to mutate has raised concerns among the scientific community that it could result in human-to-human transmission and a new pandemic. Farmers are also concerned. VOA’s Veronica Balderas Iglesias reports.
The baby food maker says it is recalling and discontinuing its brand of ‘Sooth N Chew’ teething sticks after receiving customer complaints about choking
The World Health Organization said in a statement that its support to Uganda's response to the outbreak includes access to 2,160 doses of trial vaccine
The H3 rocket carrying the Michibiki 6 satellite lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center on a southwestern Japanese island
It’s the world's leading HIV initiative
A century later, Nome is remembering its saviors
The nominee is 'financially vested in finding fault with vaccines,' notes a US senator
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