He was forty-nine years old. Leprosy -- also called Hansen's disease is a bacterial disease that causes skin wounds and nerve damage.

VOA: special.2009.10.14

Today we get to know more about a famous creature known for its pale skin, pointy teeth and big hunger for human blood.

VOA: special.2010.01.20

It is also important to wear a hat and sunscreen lotion to protect your skin from being burned by the very hot African sun.

VOA: special.2009.08.19

It acts like a washcloth, helps remove dead skin cells and makes the soap last longer.

VOA: special.2011.03.09

It fires balls that burst and release a chili solution when they hit the elephant's skin.

VOA: special.2010.07.27

And unlike a machine, the skin-to-skin contact provides two kinds of warmth physical and emotional.

VOA: special.2009.05.25

They may have a high body temperature and some areas of skin may turn red.

VOA: special.2009.05.26

Other warning signs are a change in skin color and uneven borders around a mole.

VOA: special.2010.07.06

The female mosquito uses its thin sucking tube to break the skin, find blood and inject the victim with a substance that keeps blood flowing.

VOA: special.2009.05.26

Bacteria and other microorganisms can enter the body through a cut in the skin.

VOA: special.2011.01.26

He died June nineteenth from kidney failure and a rare and painful skin disorder.

VOA: special.2010.07.05

Vitamin A helps prevent skin and other tissues from becoming dry.

VOA: special.2009.04.21

"The smell and rotten taste, you couldn't take a shower in it because the smell stayed on your skin, you couldn't wash clothes in it,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.02

"He was not proud to be a black one," "And as a black one,as an African, I can advise other Africans and other blacks to be proud of their skin."

VOA: standard.2009.06.28

When one imagines that a talent that great and a person with that much inner and outer beauty could have had obstacles simply because of the color of her skin, it makes me weep."

VOA: standard.2010.05.15

"If you happened to be a Taino who lived up in the mountains and you weren't in the sun a lot and maybe your skin was a little lighter, then they threw you in the 'white' bucket."

VOA: standard.2010.04.05