The American Cancer Society says governments can do things to help prevent the increase in cancer cases and deaths.

VOA: special.2009.03.02

He said attacks will continue as revenge for the deaths of Somalis killed by African Union peacekeepers in Mogadishu.

VOA: special.2010.07.17

They are dangerous to breathe. And they are a big fire danger, causing many injuries and deaths each year.

VOA: special.2009.12.21

It found that the average number of carbon monoxide deaths in the United States was greatest in the month of January.

VOA: special.2010.02.02

In the United States, smoking rates are down from the past, but cigarettes still cause about one-fifth of all deaths.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

A researcher says three hundred forty-three thousand AIDS deaths in South Africa in the last ten years could have been prevented.

VOA: special.2009.03.16

The problem reportedly has led to more than eight hundred crashes and nineteen deaths in the past ten years.

VOA: special.2010.02.05

In two thousand eight, the Journal of the American Medical Association published a study of unplanned deaths from prescription drugs.

VOA: special.2011.07.19

After two years of fighting, with many deaths on both sides, the government decided the struggle was too costly.

VOA: special.2010.04.01

It found that almost four percent of deaths around the world in two thousand four were linked to drinking alcohol.

VOA: special.2009.09.08

The study linked almost one in every five such deaths in two thousand eight to the virus that causes AIDS.

VOA: special.2010.04.14

Also in the top ten causes were infections, including tuberculosis and H.I.V./AIDS, as well as drowning and fire-related deaths.

VOA: special.2009.09.28

The software has been used as part of a vaccination program that has greatly reduced measles deaths in Africa.

VOA: special.2010.05.03

An increasing number of countries are reporting a drop of more than fifty percent in malaria deaths, the report says.

VOA: special.2010.03.10