As the last speakers of a language die off, the valuable information contained within a language also disappears.

VOA: special.2009.12.02

The soldiers without spleens were two times as likely to die of heart disease as the soldiers who still had their spleens.

VOA: special.2009.08.25

They also were twenty-three percent more likely to die of cancer.

VOA: special.2009.04.15

He said six million children die of hunger every year.

VOA: special.2009.11.23

That means these children will not die of these diseases,5.4 million, and we hope to prevent 4.2 million premature deaths by keeping immunization rates high over the next five years for basic immunization and rolling out vaccines against pneumonia and rotavirus diarrhea."

VOA: special.2010.09.15

"Women who had their ovaries removed had a decrease in the risk of breast cancer, a decrease in the risk of ovarian cancer and,in addition,they were less likely to die of breast cancer, less likely to die of ovarian cancer and also had an improvement in their overall survival."

VOA: special.2010.09.22

A new study of HIV-infected people in Haiti indicates that starting treatment early could save many patients who might otherwise die of AIDS.

VOA: standard.2010.07.21

"Which causes heart attacks and strokes." The World Health Organization reports an estimated 17 million people die of heart disease and stroke every year.

VOA: standard.2010.04.22

"No one today need die of TB." "No child should see the life of a mother or father destroyed by a disease that is completely curable.

VOA: standard.2010.07.12

The Foundation says seven thousand people die in parts of Africa every day from conditions resulting from the disease AIDS.

VOA: special.2009.02.10

For each country, researchers estimated the probability that a fifteen-year-old today will die an early death before the age of sixty.

VOA: special.2010.05.05

More than one-fourth of the four million newborns who die each year around the world were born too early.

VOA: special.2009.10.19

If they become infected, especially after the first three months of pregnancy, they can get very sick or even die.

VOA: special.2009.08.05

If they become infected,especially after the first three months of pregnancy, they can get very sick or even die.

VOA: special.2009.08.18