B1 English News | Can This Vaccine Stop Deadly Diarrhea?

Learn English through today’s real news. Natural-pace English at B1, with a full transcript. In this episode: A new vaccine could protect people from deadly diarrheal disease, after trials found it was 89% effective against shigellosis. Also: Turkiye, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan sign a defence pact, but experts still question what it will really change. Today’s English focus: be treated as (to be seen or handled like) = to be seen or handled like. Vocabulary: vaccine (vaccine), trial (trial), placebo (placebo). Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-b1-2026-08-08