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Medical Community Debates How Much Salt Is Too Much Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: May 10, 2011 A new study published in a respected American medical journal concludes that low-salt diets could lead to heart disease.  U.S. public health offici...

Retiring Texas Senator Says Barriers to Women in Politics Have Diminished Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: May 09, 2011 Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, the highest ranking female Republican in the U.S. Senate recently announced she will not run for re-election in 2012...

Mother’s Day Has Double Meaning for Adoptees Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: May 07, 2011 Mother’s Day is a time to celebrate the special woman who gave birth to and raised us but, sometimes, that is not the same person. Altho...

US Role in Afghanistan Questioned After bin Laden Death Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: May 07, 2011 Now that Osama bin Laden is dead, US involvement in Afghanistan faces greater scrutiny. Some lawmakers, and analysts, in Washington, DC, want Pres...

Zawahri Possible Successor to Bin Laden Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: May 07, 2011 Osama bin Laden’s second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahri, is being tipped as a likely successor to the slain al Qaida chief. VOA's Elizabeth...

Universities Prepare Students for Socially-Conscious Careers Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: May 05, 2011 The American economy has traditionally been divided into three sectors: government, for-profit businesses and non-profit charities. In more recent...

Obama Visits Ground Zero, Speaks with Families, Firefighters Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: May 05, 2011 Less than a week after a U.S. Special Forces team killed the world’s number one terrorist, President Barack Obama visited the site of the terroris...

Concussions Impact US Teen Athletes Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: May 04, 2011 There are an estimated 300,000 sports-related traumatic brain injuries in the United States each year. A national study by a major pediatric resear...

Women Jockeys Keep Up With the Men Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: May 04, 2011 The premier horse race in the United States takes place this Saturday in the southern U.S. state of Kentucky.  The Kentucky Derby will feature a wo...

Cuts in Education Force Teacher Layoffs in California Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: May 04, 2011 The economic recession has affected almost every aspect of American life, including education. Funding for public education has been cut as many U...

New York City Tightens Security After bin Laden Death Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: May 04, 2011 New York City is increasing already tight security as a precaution against possible terrorist reprisals for the killing of al-Qaida leader Osama bi...

Boeing Flight Safety Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: May 03, 2011 Aviation experts say the pressure has been building on Boeing and other airline companies to enhance safety and performance in future planes. In th...

New York Celebrates bin Laden’s Death Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: May 03, 2011 Much of New York City erupted in joy after news spread of Osama bin Laden’s death in Pakistan at the hands of U.S. Special Forces.  VOA Corresponde...

US Celebrates Osama Bin Laden’s Death Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: May 02, 2011 U.S. President Barack Obama was preparing to announce Osama bin Laden was dead when word got out and crowds gathered outside the White House in Was...

Pope Benedict Declares John Paul 'Blessed' Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: May 01, 2011 More than a million people descended on Rome to take part in the beatification ceremony of the late Pope John Paul II. People from all corners of t...

Business School Prize Promotes Global Water Strategies Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: April 30, 2011 About one billion people on earth do not have access to adequate or clean water supplies. More people die each year of water-borne illnesses, such...

Venus, Serena Williams Hold Clinic for Washington Youth Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: April 30, 2011 US tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams - both multi-Grand Slam title winners - have not played competitively recently because of various injurie...

Global Organizations Make Push for Vaccinations Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: April 29, 2011 Preventable diseases like pneumonia and diarrhea are among the leading causes of childrens' deaths in the developing world.  This...

Behind the Wall: Syria Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: April 29, 2011 More than 450 people are said to have died in Syria in the past weeks as the government of President Bashar al-Assad cracked down heavily on anti-r...

Pakistan and India Talk Trade, But Historical Tensions Persist Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: April 29, 2011 After a lengthy break following the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, India and Pakistan are sitting down for bilateral talks focusing on trade, VOA’s P...

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