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Journalists Recap Coverage on Organ Harvesting, Obamacare, and Medicaid Cuts
麻豆女优 Health News journalists made the rounds on national and local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here鈥檚 a collection of their appearances.
Journalists Follow the Fallout of CDC Director’s Firing and Trump’s Health Policies
麻豆女优 Health News journalists made the rounds on national and local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here鈥檚 a collection of their appearances.
A Surgical Team Was About To Harvest This Man鈥檚 Organs 鈥 Until His Doctor Intervened
A 22-year-old was shot in the head in St. Louis. As a surgical team prepared him for organ harvesting, his neurosurgeon raced to the operating room to stop it, saying that his patient had a chance at life. Today, the man is alive, sharing his story.
Congress Considers Easing Regulations on Air Transport of Donated Organs
A little-noticed provision of sweeping legislation to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration would make it easier to fly human organs from donor to recipient.
Hay m谩s trasplantes de 贸rganos, pero la agencia encargada de coordinarlos est谩 en tela de juicio
Aproximadamente 5,000 pacientes al a帽o mueren mientras est谩n en lista de espera, al mismo tiempo que 贸rganos donados en perfecto estado acaban en la basura.
Organ Transplants Are Up, but the Agency in Charge Is Under Fire
A two-year congressional investigation has identified troubling lapses in the nation鈥檚 organ transplant system. Blood types mismatched, diseased organs transplanted anyway, and 鈥 most often 鈥 organs lost or damaged before they can save a life.
Peligran transplantes para ni帽a estadounidense de 11 a帽os por burocracia migratoria
En un caso que refleja las fallas significativas y a menudo desgarradoras del sistema, los Espinosa se enfrentan no solo al complicado y costoso laberinto de la atenci贸n m茅dica de la naci贸n, sino tambi茅n a un sistema de inmigraci贸n que el Congreso no ha reformado durante d茅cadas.
Immigration Bureaucracy Threatens 11-Year-Old鈥檚 Spot on Transplant Lists
Julia Espinosa is a U.S. citizen who needs high-tech care and three transplants. But if the federal government won鈥檛 let her father work here, she could lose her insurance.
Journalists Tell How Covid Complicates Organ Transplants and the Health of Rural America
KHN and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Here鈥檚 a collection of their appearances.
6 Months to Live or Die: How Long Should an Alcoholic Liver Disease Patient Wait for a Transplant?
In a practice dating to the 1980s, many hospitals require people with alcohol-related liver disease to complete a period of sobriety before they can be added to the waiting list for a liver. But this thinking may be changing.
Covid Spawns 鈥楥ompletely New Category鈥 of Organ Transplants
Nearly 60 organ transplants have been performed after the coronavirus 鈥渂asically destroyed鈥 patients鈥 hearts and lungs.
Push Is On for States to Ban Organ Transplant Discrimination
States are passing laws that would prevent people with Down syndrome, autism and other disabilities from being denied transplants solely because of their conditions.
Por la cuarentena, hay menos accidentes de tr谩nsito y faltan 贸rganos para donaciones
Del 8 de marzo al 11 de abril, el n煤mero de donantes de 贸rganos que murieron en accidentes de tr谩nsito disminuy贸 un 23% en todo el pa铆s, en comparaci贸n con el mismo per铆odo del a帽o pasado.
Fewer Traffic Collisions During Shutdown Means Longer Waits For Organ Donations
Accident deaths are typically the biggest source of donor organs nationwide. But when the coronavirus forced Californians indoors, accidents declined.
How Lifesaving Organs For Transplant Go Missing In Transit
Scores of organs 鈥 mostly kidneys 鈥 are trashed each year and many more become critically delayed while being shipped on commercial airliners, a new investigation finds.
Nation鈥檚 First HIV-To-HIV Kidney Transplant With Living Donor Succeeds
The organ transplant from a living donor opens up the universe of available organs.
This Gift Voucher Might Just Get You A Kidney聽
A retired California judge came up with the idea of donating his kidney to a stranger now to maximize his grandson鈥檚 prospects for such a donation later. The idea caught on.
Adultos mayores, incluso de m谩s de 80, pueden ser donantes de 贸rganos
Un nuevo estudio realizado por investigadores de la Universidad de Torino, en el noroeste de Italia, sugiere que no se deber铆an excluir los 贸rganos de los adultos mayores s贸lo por la edad.
Senior Citizens, Even 80-Year-Olds, Can Be Organ Donors
Organs from elderly deceased donors can work for years, says a new study that supports growing views among U.S. transplant experts.
