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June 23, 2017
Urban Gardeners Feed Body and Soul in LA

Urban gardens not only beautify public spaces, but provide fresh fruit and vegetables in inner city neighborhoods

June 23, 2017
Red Cross: Safe Burial Practices Helped Prevent Spread of Ebola in West Africa

Red Cross volunteers provided more than 47,000 safe burials in West Africa, which they believe helped prevent more than 10,000 other people from becoming infected
June 23, 2017
'Food Forests' In Urban Jungles

Farming on empty land in one of America's biggest cities used to be discouraged. But urban gardeners in Los Angeles spent years pressing local politicians to let them grow food in vacant lots, and now their efforts are bearing fruit. Mike O'Sullivan reports on the people planting food forests in the middle of the city.
June 23, 2017
Smart Exoskeleton Adapts to Individual Users

One of the challenges to designing prosthetics, or exoskeletons for the disabled, is that everyone is different. Technology designed to help a person walk or get around doesn't work very well when it is built to be one-size-fits-all. But scientists at Carnegie Mellon University have figured out a quick, easy way to make each prosthetic different. VOA's Kevin Enochs reports.
June 22, 2017
Yellowstone Grizzly Bears to Lose Endangered Species Protection

US Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke makes announcement on Thursday in a move conservation groups vowed to challenge in court
June 22, 2017
UN: Treatment, Not Prison, Way to Deal With Global Drug Epidemic

About 250 million people worldwide use drugs and more than 29 million of those people suffer from drug use disorders, such as HIV and hepatitis C
June 22, 2017
Study: Olive Oil Protects Brain From Alzheimer’s

Extra-virgin olive oil appears to help the brain clean itself of harmful substances that are associated with Alzheimer’s
June 22, 2017
People With Disabilities at Risk in Central African Republic

Those with disabilities are a 'forgotten people within a forgotten crisis' at high risk during attacks and forced displacement, facing neglect in an ongoing humanitarian crisis, say a researcher with Human Rights Watch
June 22, 2017
Spacesuit Technology Used for Earthly Pain Relief

An estimated 8-12 million Americans have a medical condition called Peripheral Artery Disease or PAD. The condition is caused by plaque buildup in the arteries and can be extremely painful. But some space age technology could provide relief. VOA's Kevin Enochs reports, and Faith Lapidus narrates.
June 21, 2017
Researchers to See How Much Carbon Dioxide Forests Can Take

The 10-year experiment is to measure the forest’s capacity to capture carbon and answer questions about its capacity to absorb carbon pollution long-term
June 21, 2017
Spectators Gear Up in US for Coast-to-coast Solar Eclipse

During August 21 eclipse, moon will pass between sun and Earth, blocking sun's face and leaving only its outer atmosphere visible

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Friday 23 June 2017

Urban Gardeners Feed Body and Soul in LA

Red Cross: Safe Burial Practices Helped Prevent Spread of Ebola in West Africa

'Food Forests' In Urban Jungles

Smart Exoskeleton Adapts to Individual Users

Yellowstone Grizzly Bears to Lose Endangered Species Protection

UN: Treatment, Not Prison, Way to Deal With Global Drug Epidemic

Study: Olive Oil Protects Brain From Alzheimer’s

People With Disabilities at Risk in Central African Republic

Spacesuit Technology Used for Earthly Pain Relief

Researchers to See How Much Carbon Dioxide Forests Can Take

Spectators Gear Up in US for Coast-to-coast Solar Eclipse

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Urban Gardeners Feed Body and Soul in LA

Red Cross: Safe Burial Practices Helped Prevent Spread of Ebola in West Africa

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UN: Treatment, Not Prison, Way to Deal With Global Drug Epidemic

Study: Olive Oil Protects Brain From Alzheimer’s

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