Warmer than average temperatures and lack of snow have been major concerns in the weeks leading up to the games.

VOA: special.2010.02.10

You tell me when it stops!" For years, almost all leading movie and television stars, male or female,were white.

VOA: special.2009.05.04

Two leading drug companies have agreed to supply vaccines against pneumococcal disease to the world's poorest countries at a reduced price.

VOA: special.2010.03.29

Climate change is also leading to the melting of ice in other areas, such as Mount Kilimanjaro in northeastern Tanzania.

VOA: special.2009.04.22

But a new study shows that India's leading causes of death now also include obesity-related diseases such as heart disease.

VOA: special.2010.05.12

Last week,leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee sent letters to some of the leading mobile device developers.

VOA: special.2011.05.02

A new study says the leading cause of disability in older people in low and middle income countries is dementia.

VOA: special.2009.12.28

But experts say non-communicable diseases -- those that do not spread from person to person -- are the leading killer today.

VOA: special.2011.05.11

The World Health Organization says alcohol abuse is the third leading cause of death and disability in the world.

VOA: special.2011.03.08

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States.

VOA: special.2010.06.08

We talked last week about a new report on preterm births the leading cause of death in newborn babies worldwide.

VOA: special.2009.10.26

Their goal was to create a leading museum that would bring art and art education to the American people.

VOA: special.2010.08.04

The Lancet, a leading British medical journal, has withdrawn a study that scared many parents and angered many experts.

VOA: special.2010.02.24

The researchers disagree with the World Health Organization which says blindness and other vision problems are the leading cause.

VOA: special.2009.12.28