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JD Vance's Relative, 12, Denied Heart Transplant Due To Vaccination Status
A 12-year-old Indiana girl was denied a heart transplant because she was not vaccinated against COVID-19 and flu. Adaline, a distant relative of US Vice President JD Vance, was adopted from China.
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US Man Dies 40 Days After Receiving World's Second Pig Heart Transplant
According to the University of Maryland School of Medicine, the heart had seemed healthy for the first month but began showing signs of rejection in recent days.
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US Woman With Rare Heart Condition Says "I Run On Batteries"
A 30-year-old woman from Massachusetts, grappling with a rare genetic condition, is being sustained by a mechanical implant while she anxiously awaits a suitable donor to provide her with a new heart.
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58-Year-Old American Man Gets World's 2nd Pig-To-Human Heart Transplant
A 58-year-old man this week became the world's second patient to receive a transplant of a genetically modified pig heart, the latest milestone in a growing field of medical research.
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US Winter Storm Cost Man A Chance At Heart Transplant
The first flight that Patrick Holland booked was cancelled and another one was rerouted due to ferocious storm in the US last week.
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US Hospital Refuses Heart Transplant To Unvaccinated Patient
A hospital in Boston refused to perform a heart transplant on a patient who had not been vaccinated for Covid-19, US television media reported Wednesday.
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US Researchers Test Pig-to-Human Transplant in Donated Body
Researchers reported the latest in a surprising string of experiments in the quest to save human lives with organs from genetically modified pigs.
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In a First, US Surgeons Successfully Implant Pig Heart in Human
US surgeons have successfully implanted a heart from a genetically modified pig in a 57-year-old man, a medical first that could one day help solve the chronic shortage of organ donations.
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Live: More To Give Walkathon - A Step Towards Organ Donation
Every year, 4 lakh people die waiting for organs in India. There is an urgent need to inform people about the need and importance of organ donation. The organ donation rate in India is a dismal 0.5 persons per million population. Each one of us can become a donor and help save lives. To show support for the cause, people from all walks of life a...
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Surgeon Denton Cooley, Credited With World's 1st Heart Transplant, Dies
Denton Cooley, a renowned heart surgeon who performed world's first artificial heart transplant in the US, has passed away at the age of 96.
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JD Vance's Relative, 12, Denied Heart Transplant Due To Vaccination Status
A 12-year-old Indiana girl was denied a heart transplant because she was not vaccinated against COVID-19 and flu. Adaline, a distant relative of US Vice President JD Vance, was adopted from China.
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US Man Dies 40 Days After Receiving World's Second Pig Heart Transplant
According to the University of Maryland School of Medicine, the heart had seemed healthy for the first month but began showing signs of rejection in recent days.
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US Woman With Rare Heart Condition Says "I Run On Batteries"
A 30-year-old woman from Massachusetts, grappling with a rare genetic condition, is being sustained by a mechanical implant while she anxiously awaits a suitable donor to provide her with a new heart.
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58-Year-Old American Man Gets World's 2nd Pig-To-Human Heart Transplant
A 58-year-old man this week became the world's second patient to receive a transplant of a genetically modified pig heart, the latest milestone in a growing field of medical research.
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US Winter Storm Cost Man A Chance At Heart Transplant
The first flight that Patrick Holland booked was cancelled and another one was rerouted due to ferocious storm in the US last week.
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US Hospital Refuses Heart Transplant To Unvaccinated Patient
A hospital in Boston refused to perform a heart transplant on a patient who had not been vaccinated for Covid-19, US television media reported Wednesday.
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US Researchers Test Pig-to-Human Transplant in Donated Body
Researchers reported the latest in a surprising string of experiments in the quest to save human lives with organs from genetically modified pigs.
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In a First, US Surgeons Successfully Implant Pig Heart in Human
US surgeons have successfully implanted a heart from a genetically modified pig in a 57-year-old man, a medical first that could one day help solve the chronic shortage of organ donations.
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Live: More To Give Walkathon - A Step Towards Organ Donation
Every year, 4 lakh people die waiting for organs in India. There is an urgent need to inform people about the need and importance of organ donation. The organ donation rate in India is a dismal 0.5 persons per million population. Each one of us can become a donor and help save lives. To show support for the cause, people from all walks of life a...
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Surgeon Denton Cooley, Credited With World's 1st Heart Transplant, Dies
Denton Cooley, a renowned heart surgeon who performed world's first artificial heart transplant in the US, has passed away at the age of 96.
