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He hoped a rare pig heart transplant would keep him alive. He died weeks later.
Lawrence Faucette, 58, was the second person in the world to undergo a pig heart transplant. He died Monday after his body showed signs of rejection, doctors said.
Thinking about playing in Hilary floodwater? ‘Stay out,’ experts say.
While health experts have repeatedly warned people to “stay out of floodwater” during Tropical Storm Hilary, some in California are swimming or playing in it.
What we know about the rare flesh-eating bacteria that’s killed 3
Two Connecticut residents died after being infected with the rare flesh-eating bacteria after swimming with open cuts in the Long Island Sound.
TikTok plastic surgeon who live-streamed procedures loses license
Katharine Roxanne Grawe, known on TikTok as “Dr. Roxy,” is banned from practicing in Ohio after the medical board said she harmed patients while live-streaming.
Vaccine scientist says anti-vaxxers ‘stalked’ him after Joe Rogan’s challenge
Peter Hotez’s criticism of Joe Rogan for hosting anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on his podcast led to a viral piling-on and people showing up at his home.
The abortion pill’s 1992 Supreme Court battle and the woman who started it
Leona Benten was 6 1/2 weeks pregnant when she volunteered to be the test case in the 1992 legal fight over the legality of importing mifepristone.
Idaho bill would ban ‘abortion trafficking’ for minors traveling for procedure
A Republican-led Idaho House bill would limit minors’ ability to travel for an abortion without parental consent, even in states where the procedure is legal.
Florida bill would ban young girls from discussing periods in school
The bill could be amended, Republican state Rep. Stan McClain said, after he acknowledged that it would prohibit talk of menstrual cycles until sixth grade.
Girl dies from fentanyl-laced painkiller, latest in wave of Texas teen deaths
Sienna Vaughn, a 16-year-old high school junior in Texas, died after taking a pill she got from a friend that she thought was Percocet.
Before abortion pills, Walgreens customers said they were denied birth control
Walgreens found itself back in the news after announcing that it won’t offer abortion medication in 20 states with Republican attorneys general.
