Intensive vaccination campaigns have reduced the number of new polio cases reported worldwide to fewer than two thousand a year.

VOA: special.2010.01.18

But a growing number of legal cases claim Toyota knew for a long time about the sudden acceleration issue with other vehicles.

VOA: special.2010.02.05

A second goal is for the number of malaria cases and deaths to be reduced by fifty percent or more from the number reported in two thousand.

VOA: special.2010.04.20

The World Health Organization reports a 75 percent jump in the number of confirmed swine flu cases worldwide since Wednesday.

VOA: standard.2009.04.30

The nation's fragile public health system also is struggling to cope with a rising number of influenza cases.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

The kingdom has had a number of H1N1 flu cases, and fears of a health crisis during the Hajj were behind the move.

VOA: standard.2009.07.23

Using just that large number of genetic markers, the team was able to predict in almost four out of five cases whether a person would live to be 100.

VOA: standard.2010.07.14

A growing number of countries are either discouraging or banning travel to and from Mexico, where the first cases of swine flu were reported and where the virus is suspected in thousands of infections and more than 150 deaths.

VOA: standard.2009.04.30