Authorities in Kenya are taking steps to eradicate trachoma, an infectious disease that is a leading cause of blindness in Africa. About seven million people in central Kenya are at risk for the disease, as Brenda Mulinya reports from Nairobi.
China is now among the nations that have landed a spacecraft and rover on Mars, and it’s planning to increase its footprint on the heavens. VOA's Kane Farabaugh reports on how a new "space race" could help advance exploration of the cosmos
With the coronavirus pandemic easing in the U.S., discussions are underway about what people want their communities to be like post-COVID. Urban planner James Rojas is leading a workshop to explore these ideas, as Deana Mitchell reports from Oakland, California.
COVID RESTRICTIONS EASING: Residents around Washington D.C. are increasingly out and about as COVID-19 cases fall in the capital region. But reluctance to get vaccinated persists in some quarters, despite extensive campaigns promoting inoculation. VOA’s Laurel Bowman has more.
A deadly second wave of the novel coronavirus has hit India’s remote areas, many of which had not been affected by the first wave last year. Anjana Pasricha looks at the impact of the pandemic in the mountain villages in the northern state of Himachal Pradesh.