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Troubled U.S. organ transplant system targeted for overhaul
Federal health official announces plans to break up the monopoly power of the United Network for Organ Sharing, which has run the system for nearly four decades.
Lawmakers probe whether organ procurers are ‘gaming’ the system
Finance panel members question the dramatic increase in collection of pancreases for which there is no apparent need; organ groups say they are being responsive to requests.
One of largest fertility clinic mishaps in U.S. settled out of court
Chart Inc., the manufacturer of a tank that failed with 4,000 embryos and eggs inside, has settled with an undisclosed number of people who lost the tissue.
Fertility clinic accused of implanting embryo with rare cancer mutation
A lawsuit filed by a California couple also claims that clinic personnel altered medical records to cover up the mistake.
Depression risk rises after a stroke. What that means for John Fetterman.
Experts say his chances for a full recovery are very good, especially since he sought out help.
To curb drug deaths, communities turn to Reddit, texts and wastewater
Authorities are sharing information in real time to predict where the next cluster of drug deaths may be and try to prevent at least some of them beforehand.
Damar Hamlin may have suffered heart arrhythmia, experts say
The blow to Hamlin’s chest may have thrown his heart’s pumping mechanism out of rhythm, disrupting blood flow to his brain, two experts said Monday night.
U.S. life expectancy continued to fall in 2021 as covid, drug deaths surged
An American child born in 2021 could expect to live to 76.4 years, according to the latest government data.
Experimental skin cancer vaccine shows promising early results
The effort is the first to show that a cancer vaccine using messenger RNA may be effective.
Drugs killed 8 friends, one by one, in a tragedy seen across the U.S.
Cascading deaths from fentanyl and other drugs transformed this small N.C. city and left indelible scars.
