Transplants - Page 2

November 8

Sabres captain Rasmus Dahlin takes leave from team as fiancée recovers from heart transplant

Buffalo Sabres captain Rasmus Dahlin is taking an indefinite leave from the team to support his fiancée Carolina Matovac's heart transplant recovery in Sweden.

September 19

RFK Jr announces 'historic crackdown' on 'broken' organ donation system

Trump administration announces organ procurement reforms with $25 million investment for living donors and new oversight measures for patient safety.

August 26

Man receives world's first pig lung transplant in groundbreaking medical procedure

Scientists in China achieved the first pig lung transplant into a human patient, with the genetically modified organ showing no signs of rejection during monitoring.

August 22

Girl with heart failure calls dad with life-changing message after 200-day hospital stay

After suffering heart failure from a sinus infection, 11-year-old Ava Cooper successfully received a heart transplant and returned home after eight months in hospital.

August 22

Words will never be enough: Dad of 11-year-old heart transplant patient grateful to donor's family

Ava Cooper, an 11-year-old heart transplant recipient, and her family discuss their initial reactions to the news, and life since the procedure took place on 'Fox & Friends.'

August 11

Expert raises concerns over organ donation safety in parts of US

Donna Rhorer recounts her brother waking up prior to his organ harvesting surgery and Federation of American Scientists' Jennifer Erickson discusses concerns regarding the organ transplant system on 'The Will Cain Show.'

July 23

WATCH: Lawmaker shares personal experience as Congress weighs organ donation reforms

Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., whose mother died waiting for a liver transplant, addresses alarming organ procurement practices while stressing the need to maintain donor participation.

July 21

Organ donors' lives endangered by rushed transplant procedures, investigation finds

A federal investigation revealed concerning practices in the organ donation system, in which procurement began while patients showed signs of life, leading to calls for unified oversight.

July 1

MAGA law group fights to expose how Biden's DEI agenda may have tainted life-saving organ transplants

Conservative legal group files lawsuit seeking to uncover whether the former Biden admin's infusion of DEI into the federal government may have impacted organ donation and transplantation policies.

June 7

Former MLB pitcher finds liver donor in high-school classmate he hadn't seen in 20 years

Steven Register, an Alabama father battling stage 4 cancer, finds hope in a liver transplant donated from a high school friend after a social media call for donors.