Maria Cheng, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette - Page 3 of 3

People walk past the dead body of a whale in Colombo, Sri Lanka. In Sri Lanka, an unusual alliance has been forged: conservationists and shipping companies have aligned in a bid to move one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes, to save the blue whales often spotted feeding there.

News

Unusual alliance to save blue whales stalled by Sri Lanka

by Maria Cheng Associated PressMarch 5, 2019

News

UN health chief orders probe into misconduct

by Maria Cheng AP Medical WriterJanuary 17, 2019

In this Sept. 10, 2016 photo, registered nurse Coleen McMahon, a specialist in pediatric program development, touches the hand of a patient at a pediatric medical facility in Las Vegas. McMahon went to the Vatican's Bambino Gesu hospital in late 2013, to explore setting up a hospice program for terminally sick children. She wrote to Pope Francis to voice her concern about what she observed. The Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, authorized an independent task force including McMahon to investigate. After weeks of secret meetings, they issued a devastating report. (AP Photo/John Locher)

News

Vatican says no ‘serious threats’ to kids after AP probe

by Nicole Winfield Associated Press, and Maria Cheng Associated PressJuly 3, 2017

Residents of the Kisenso district of Kinshasa, Congo, gather at a water distribution point on Wednesday, July 20, 2016. Nearly 500,000 residents of the Kisenso neighborhood are targeted to be vaccinated as part of a campaign that was officially launched that day. Some 66,000 were vaccinated the next day, according to Dr. Valentin Ndaye. The area has seen more than 80 suspected cases including four deaths since the beginning of the epidemic. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

News

UN bungles response to Africa’s yellow fever outbreak

by Maria Cheng Associated Press, and Krista Larson Associated PressAugust 4, 2016

Flowers are placed in tribute to the 84 victims of a deadly truck attack where people were killed on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, southern France, Monday. France is holding a national moment of silence for 84 people killed by a truck rampage in Nice, and thousands of people are massed on the waterfront promenade where Bastille Day celebrations became a killing field.

News

Truck rampage rattles an unsettled France

by Maria Cheng AP Medical WriterJuly 18, 2016

FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2008 file photo, a bottle of Eli Lilly & Co.'s Prozac is pictured at a company facility in Plainfield, Ind. Scientists say most antidepressants don’t work for children or teenagers with major depression and that some may even be unsafe, in the biggest analysis yet conducted of previously published studies. In a review of 14 common antidepressants, researchers found that only one seemed to be actually effective. “We now have a hierarchy of pharmaceutical treatments and the only one that is better than placebo and other drugs is Prozac,” said Dr. Andrea Cipriani of the University of Oxford, one of the study authors. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)

Study finds most antidepressants useless for young

by Maria Cheng Associated PressJune 8, 2016

News

Abortions decline in wealthy nations

by Maria Cheng Associated PressMay 12, 2016