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My brother needed a liver transplant but didn't have health insurance. My advocacy is what got him on the donor list.
When my brother needed a liver transplant and didn't have health insurance, I advocated for him and…
Taayoo Murray
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Brain scans on a dying man suggest his life flashed before his eyes, researchers say
A first-of-its-kind study captured a man's brain activity around death. Brain waves linked with mem…
Anna Medaris Miller
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A transplant patient died after she received lungs that were infected with COVID-19
The lungs tested negative for COVID-19 before the transplant, but three days after the procedure th…
Canela López
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I run a holiday toy drive. Here's how to avoid common mistakes and make the most impact with your donations.
McKenna Reitz has collected more than 45,000 toys for her annual holiday toy drive, and a common mi…
Jen Glantz
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A living organ donor gave part of his liver and a kidney to 2 different people within 2 years
Brian Flynn gave his brother's friend a kidney in 2019. A year later, he decided to do it again to …
Canela López
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A California court temporarily blocked a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for prison workers that was opposed by Gov. Gavin Newsom
Advocates for prisoners said the mandate would protect inmates, while an organization representing …
Connor Perrett
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Surgeons attached a pig kidney to a human in a major breakthrough for organ transplantation
New York surgeons attached a genetically-engineered pig kidney to a human body in a groundbreaking …
Gabby Landsverk
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I was told I had broken-heart syndrome after my husband died tragically. Here's what it's like.
A woman describes how her heart hurt amid the stress and grief she experienced after her husband un…
Shannon Dingle
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Scientists restored dead pigs' cell function and heartbeats, blurring the line between life and death
Revival of pig tissue could pave the way for salvaging more human organs for transplant, and even b…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Protesting workers at a McDonald's in France who occupied a closing restaurant turned it into a food bank serving hundreds of thousands
A McDonald's in Marseille, France, became a food bank after workers occupied the franchise to prote…
Sarah Jackson
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Pregnant people are at higher risk of breakthrough COVID than people with cancer and organ transplants, study finds
While vaccinated pregnant people were more likely to get COVID-19 than those with other comorbiditi…
Anna Medaris Miller
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My business was destroyed by the Kentucky tornadoes. I've been trying to hold it together ever since.
"If my clients take their business elsewhere, there's a good chance they'll never return," says Jon…
Taayoo Murray
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Archie Battersbee's mother is fighting a legal battle to keep her son on life support after a ruling said he should be taken off of it
A boy is at the center of a legal battle between his family and the British justice system after do…
Jane Ridley
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The recipient of a historic pig-heart transplant stabbed a man years ago. Ethicists say criminal history shouldn't affect who gets lifesaving organs.
The stabbing left its victim paralyzed, and raises ethical questions about who deserves lifesaving …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Recipient of first pig-heart transplant dies 2 months after surgery
The University of Maryland Medical Center didn't give an official cause of death, but did say the h…
Rebecca Cohen
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Manhattan DA prosecutors subpoenaed an elite Manhattan private school as part of its investigation into Trump
Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg's grandchildren are students at Columbia Grammar & Prepara…
Kelly McLaughlin,Jacob Shamsi…
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A teenage girl wearing 'Everything will be OK' T-shirt was shot in the head on Myanmar's bloodiest day of protests yet
Nineteen-year-old Kyal Sin had proudly cast her first vote last year in the very elections Myanmar'…
Erin Snodgrass
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Meet the author on a mission to combat the invisible 'Kissing Bug' disease affecting Latinos communities
Journalist Daisy Hernández's argues Chagas disease affects mostly Latinos and Latinx immigrants in …
Gwen Aviles
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Transport minister Gadkari says that officials who are 'dead assets' will be shown the door
In a clear warning to "non-performing" officials in the ministry, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on M…
PTI
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Research finds complaining to bus drivers could prevent traffic deaths
Over the last eight years, Georgetown University researchers have found one of the cheapest, most e…