Health & Lifestyle

– Manuscript – The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, or GAVI, struggled to buy vaccines for needy countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. The organization said it has now set up plans to draw money immediately if it needs to buy vaccines for future pandemics. GAVI Chief Executive Seth Berkley said that, in 2020 and 2021, GAVI was limited in its ability to buy … [Read more...] about Vaccine Group Setting up Plans for Future Pandemics

– Manuscript – More scientists are exploring cellular senescence – a state in which cells no longer divide. Senescent cells, which build up in older bodies, have a link to age-related conditions such as dementia and cardiovascular disease. Scientists are exploring drugs that target senescent cells. But the most promising tool against the negative effects of senescent … [Read more...] about Researchers: Exercise Best Tool Against Aging

– Manuscript – From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. When it comes to making lunch for their kids, moms and dads have usual favorites. For some parents in the United States, those favorites are peanut butter and jelly sandwiches — also known as PB&Js. Fruit like apples and bananas are also popular. But one mother has an unusual go-to … [Read more...] about Fun Lunches Help School Kids Eat Healthy Foods

– Manuscript – At a health center in Zimbabwe, a large group of women holding babies hurried to take their places on wooden seats. Separately, a health worker took a different group of worried mothers and their children through a back door and into another room, quickly closing the door behind them. The women were all at the Mbare Polyclinic in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare. … [Read more...] about Women in Zimbabwe Protect Children with Secret Vaccinations

– Manuscript – Drugmakers Biogen and Eisai say their experimental drug lecanemab slowed the progress of Alzheimer’s disease in a large human study the companies did. The results could mean a rare victory in a field filled with failed experiments to find an effective treatment for the disease. The companies said early results showed that the treatment reduced cognitive … [Read more...] about Experimental Drug Slows Decline among Alzheimer’s Patients