Maria Cheng

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If no checks, more Ebola cases might leave Africa

Maria Cheng · October 20, 2014 10:37 pm

WHO won’t discuss Ebola mistakes document

Maria Cheng · October 18, 2014 6:31 pm

A healthcare worker in protective gear is seen at an Ebola treatment center in the west of Freetown, Sierra Leone, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014. The deadly Ebola virus has infected two people in what was the last untouched district in Sierra Leone, the government said Thursday, a setback in efforts to stop the spread of the disease in one of the hardest-hit countries. (AP Photo/Michael Duff)

UN: We botched response to the Ebola outbreak

Maria Cheng · October 17, 2014 6:47 pm

Health workers wearing protective gear wait to carry the body of a person suspected to have died from Ebola, in Monrovia, Liberia, Monday Oct. 13, 2014. Some nurses in Liberia defied calls for a strike on Monday and turned up for work at hospitals amid the worst Ebola outbreak in history. In view of the danger of their work, members of the National Health Workers Association are demanding higher monthly hazard pay. The association has more than 10,000 members, though the health ministry says only about 1,000 of those are employed at sites receiving Ebola patients. (AP Photo/Abbas Dulleh)

WHO: 10,000 new Ebola cases per week could be seen

Maria Cheng · October 14, 2014 3:54 pm

Vincent, the first baby born to a woman who had a womb transplant, is cradled by his mother at an undisclosed location in Sweden, Monday, Oct. 6, 2014. The parents of the baby say they hope they can be an inspiration to others struggling with infertility. After what they describe as a rollercoaster of a journey, the unnamed Swedish couple finally became parents last month, when the mother gave birth to a healthy but premature baby boy. (AP Photo/Ben Jary)

First womb-transplant baby won’t be alone for long

Maria Cheng · October 7, 2014 1:25 pm

In this photo provided by the Lancet, the world's first baby born to a woman with a transplanted womb, is shown after his birth in Goteborg, Sweden. For the world's first baby born to a woman with a transplanted womb, only a victorious name would do. His mother says that is why his parents named him "Vincent," meaning "to conquer." In an interview with The Associated Press on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014, the 36-year-old Swedish mother said she learned she had no womb when she was 15 and was devastated. (AP Photo/The Lancet)

Mother with womb transplant says risk paid off

Maria Cheng · October 4, 2014 3:05 pm

Medical first: Baby born to woman who got new womb

Maria Cheng · October 3, 2014 10:53 pm

Lessons learned 6 months into worst Ebola outbreak

Maria Cheng · September 23, 2014 8:25 am

King Richard III died painfully on battlefield

Maria Cheng · September 16, 2014 10:31 pm

China's Margaret Chan, left, General Director of the World Health Organization, WHO, and Roberto Morales Ojeda, right, Minister of Public Health, Cuba attend a press conference about the support to Ebola affected countries, at the headquarters of the WHO, in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, Sept. 12, 2014. Cuba's health ministry said Friday it is sending more than 160 health workers to help stop the raging Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, providing a much-needed injection of medical expertise in a country where health workers are in short supply. (AP Photo/Keystone,Martial Trezzini)

Cuba sending dozens of doctors to fight Ebola

Maria Cheng · September 12, 2014 10:06 pm

Could the blood of Ebola survivors help patients?

Maria Cheng · September 4, 2014 9:49 am

In this undated handout photo provided by Medecins Sans Frontieres, local staff and healthcare workers for Doctors Without Borders, exit an isolation ward in Guekedou, Guinea. For doctors and nurses fighting Ebola in West Africa, working in head-to-toe protective gear in muddy health clinics is often the least of their problems, as many also struggle to convince people they are there to stop Ebola, not spread it. (AP Photo/MSF)

Ebola health workers battle death, heat, rumors

Maria Cheng · August 18, 2014 11:18 am