The disease is caused by the trypanosoma parasite.

VOA: special.2010.01.04

Heart failure is caused by high blood pressure or coronary artery disease, a narrowing of the arteries in the heart.

VOA: standard.2010.06.04

At least 200 others have contracted the disease, which is caused by contaminated food or water and can be fatal if not treated.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

Malaria is caused by a complex parasite that makes it hard to target with a vaccine.

VOA: standard.2010.01.20

Mexico has the highest number of deaths and infections of the flu, which is caused by a new strain of the influenza A H1N1 virus.

VOA: standard.2009.05.08

That feeling is caused by the capsaicin molecules in the peppers activating the capsaicin receptors on our tongue - the more capsaicin, the hotter the pepper.

VOA: standard.2010.05.04

Malaria is caused by a parasite transmitted by a certain species of mosquito.

VOA: standard.2010.04.23

Of the blood that has to be destroyed, almost half is caused by the presence of Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C,and syphilis, while the other half is due to problems in the collection process.

VOA: standard.2010.06.04

She says this monument is a quiet place for people to come to terms with loss caused by the war.

VOA: special.2009.05.06

That is why it is hard to tell a powerful storm, Hurricane Andrew, caused severe damage to the area in nineteen ninety-two.

VOA: special.2009.06.30

He said he is upset by the many changes he sees caused by rising temperatures on Everest.

VOA: special.2010.06.30

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, is a life-threatening condition commonly caused by years of smoking.

VOA: special.2010.06.23

Deforestation is mainly caused by the cutting down of tropical forests to provide land for agriculture.

VOA: special.2010.04.06

Swine flu is a respiratory sickness caused by an influenza virus that mainly infects pigs.

VOA: special.2009.04.29

Toyota says the problem is rare and caused by accelerator pedals becoming stuck open.

VOA: special.2010.02.05

Our subject this week is tsunamis -- the sea waves often caused by earthquakes.

VOA: special.2009.03.17

But it is not known if the condition caused any of their deaths.

VOA: special.2009.12.15

So is air pollution caused by cars.

VOA: special.2009.07.28

In the poem "Mending Wall" the speaker and his neighbor walk together along a wall, repairing the damage caused by winter weather: Something there is that doesn't love a wall, That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it And spills the upper boulders in the sun, And makes gaps even two can pass abreast...

VOA: special.2011.04.17

"Some of our projects have looked at what we call situational impairments, which are challenges to accessibility that are caused more by the situation or context that the computer user is in instead of maybe as we usually think of accessibility as having to do with someone's own physical or cognitive state."

VOA: special.2011.04.18