Coronavirus1 day agoCoronavirus survivor reportedly needs double lung transplantThe coronavirus survivor is urging others to wear a mask for the sake of protecting themselves and others.
CoronavirusSeptember 18Texas coronavirus patient, 70, undergoes double lung transplantTexas surgeons performed a double lung transplant after the novel coronavirus damaged the lungs of a 70-year-old man.
TransplantsJuly 30California man gets liver, nephew donates liver -- in separate operations: reportAfter two years of searching, a California man finally received a new liver during a live donor transplant last May – just a week apart from when his nephew donated his liver to another man, according to a report.
CoronavirusMay 22Texas woman gets kidney after coronavirus delays lifesaving transplant: 'I was hanging on by a thread'A Texas man has donated a kidney to his wife in need, weeks after the transplant was delayed due to the ongoing coronavirus epidemic in the U.S. that temporarily halted elective surgeries in the Lone Star State and elsewhere.
CoronavirusMay 12Organ transplants dive amid coronavirus crisis, start to inch backOrgan transplants plummeted as COVID-19 swept through communities, with surgeons wary of endangering living donors and unable to retrieve possibly usable organs from the dead -- and hospitals sometimes too full even when they could.
TransplantsFebruary 14Medical centers fight to keep liver transplants close to home, after new policy takes effectThe United Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS) has rolled out a new liver transplant distribution system. early a dozen hospitals across the country filed a lawsuit to try and stop the new policy but a judge ruled in UNOS's favor.
TransplantsJanuary 24Man donates kidney to mom who would die without transplant: ‘It was a no-brainer for me’A Scottish man said it was a “no-brainer” to give him mother a kidney when she was told she would die without a transplant.
TransplantsJanuary 24Helicopter-sharing app Blade pairs with NYU Langone to speed transplant organsTalking about a life-saving initiative.
TransplantsJanuary 22Mom who died days after giving birth to 4th child becomes 'less than 1 in a million' organ donorAccording to her husband, she suffered a "massive hemorrhagic stroke" just days after giving birth to their fourth child.
