By Caty Weaver 2009-11-10 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. H1N1 flu continues to spread. Currently the virus is most active in the northern half of the world. But experts say it has become the leading influenza virus in all countries. N...

By Brianna Blake 2009-11-9 VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And I'm Doug Johnson. Today we tell about the American plant scientist Norman Borlaug. He won the Nobel Peace Prize for his effort...

By June Simms 2009-11-8 This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Women wait near their children as they are treated for diarrhea at the government-run Children's Hospital in Allahabad, India, earlier this year. Diarrhea kills one and a hal...

By Shelley Gollust 2009-11-8 VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein. It is autumn in the northern part of the world. So it is time to play some of our favorite songs about this...

By Katherine Clarke 2009-11-7 VOICE ONE: I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I'm Ray Freeman. Every week we tell about a person who was important in the history of the United States. This week we tell about Helen Keller. She was blind and deaf but s...

By Jeri Watson 2009-11-7 Now, the VOA Special English program, Words and Their Stories. Today, we tell about the word wildcat . (MUSIC) Humans have always depended on animals. From the beginning of human history, wild animals provided food, clothing...

By Brianna Blake 2009-11-6 This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. People in Afghanistan were supposed to vote again Saturday for president. But earlier this week the Independent Election Commission declared Hamid Karzai the winner of a second te...

By VOA 2009-11-5 This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. America's economy has started to grow again. Now what about jobs? The government says productivity jumped in July, August and September. That meant companies produced more with fewer...

By Frank Beardsley 2009-11-4 Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. America's civil war in the eighteen sixties did not have the full support of the people. Many said they did not care who won -- North or South. Th...

By VOA 2009-11-4 This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Twenty-six thousand foreign exchange students are in American high schools this year. A few days ago, we asked four teenagers who arrived in August to discuss their experience so far....