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A computer rendering of a transparent body with the liver highlighted in red.

<乌鸦传媒>Rate of Mortality After ED Discharge for Cirrhosis Doubles That of Heart Failure

Patients who lacked a follow-up visit may be at particularly high risk for death

A photo of surgeons performing a laparoscopic kidney removal from a living related donor.

<乌鸦传媒>Mortality Risk Dropped for Living Kidney Donors Over the Past Decade

Deaths more common in male donors and those with history of hypertension

A photo of a lab technician moving a bag of cultivated hematopoietic stem cells

<乌鸦传媒>Mixed Results With Cyclophosphamide in Mismatched Unrelated Stem Cell Transplants

Better survival in one registry study, detriment with class I HLA mismatch in another

FDA EUA Pemivibart (Pemgarda) over a photo of the packaging and vial of Pemgarda.

<乌鸦传媒>FDA Could Soon Limit Use of Only Drug for COVID Prevention

Pemivibart may have reduced activity against growing variant KP.3.1.1, agency warns

A computer rendering of test tubes of blood lying on a test form.

<乌鸦传媒>CMS Drops Controversial Proposal for Blood Tests After Organ Transplant

Test supporters call the move a "win"; agency will issue a new proposal "in the coming months"

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<乌鸦传媒>Pregnancy and Delivery Feasible After Uterus Transplant, but Risks Exist

No congenital abnormalities, developmental delays observed among 16 live-born children

FDA APPROVED axatilimab-csfr (Niktimvo) over a computer rendering of antibodies.

<乌鸦传媒>Novel Agent for Chronic GVHD Wins FDA Approval

Axatilimab achieved a 75% response rate in patients with previously treated chronic GVHD

A computer rendering of parvovirus B19 particles.

<乌鸦传媒>CDC Alerts on Dramatic Rise in Human Parvovirus B19

Pregnant people and those who are immunocompromised most at risk, agency warns

A photo of a surgeon holding a plastic container containing a harvested kidney.

<乌鸦传媒>Families Seek Answers After Inmates' Bodies Returned Without Internal Organs

"This is something out of science fiction," says one family member

Morning Break over illustration of a syringe, Covid virus, and DNA helix over a photo of green vegetation.

<乌鸦传媒>Justice Ginsburg's Health Records Leaked; How Sinead O'Connor Died; H5N1 Stockpiles

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<乌鸦传媒>'Next Berlin Patient' Adds to Small but Growing Number of People Cured of HIV

New case suggests HIV cure can be achieved independent of stem cell transplant donor CCR5 status

A photo of David Ayares holding a package of frozen meat during an interview at the company鈥檚 offices in Blacksburg, Virginia

<乌鸦传媒>Xenotransplant Research Yields Bacon Safe for Some People Allergic to Red Meat

Company that breeds the special pigs shares supply with allergy patients for free

<乌鸦传媒>Do People Buy Into Hospital-at-Home Care?; Nicotine Pouch Use

Also in TTHealthWatch: preventing kidney transplant rejection

Morning Break over illustration of a syringe, Covid virus, and DNA helix over a photo of green vegetation.

<乌鸦传媒>What Cognitive Tests Show; Pig Kidney Recipient Dies; Human Plague Case Reported

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A photo of a woman preparing her husband for home dialysis.

<乌鸦传媒>Medicare's Financial Incentives Still Falling Flat for Home Dialysis Uptake

Kidney transplants did not increase either

A photo of a surgeon removing the cornea from a donor.

<乌鸦传媒>FDA Warns Eye Bank for Taking Donors Who Had Sepsis

All five donors should have been ineligible, FDA said

A photo of lungs lying in a stainless dish prior to transplantation.

<乌鸦传媒>Lung Transplant Graft Outcomes Relate Back to Donor Care Setting

Longer graft survival reported for lungs from hospital-based units

A computer rendering of a liver under a red umbrella.

<乌鸦传媒>Real-World Analysis Identifies Meds Tied to Higher Risk of Liver Injury

Case reports may not be as reliable, researchers say

A photo of Orville Allen hugging his great-grandson in March 2024.

<乌鸦传媒>98-Year-Old Man Believed to Be the Oldest American Organ Donor Ever

Increasingly, older adults can donate organs upon their death, according to one expert

EASL over a photo of Milano Convention Centre in Milan, Italy

<乌鸦传媒>Rifaximin Prophylaxis Fails for Bacterial Peritonitis in Cirrhotic Patients

"Is it time to say primary prophylaxis is dead?" one expert asks

EASL over a photo of Milano Convention Centre in Milan, Italy

<乌鸦传媒>Patients With Severe ACLF on Liver Transplant Waitlists Face High Mortality Rates

Urgent need for organ allocation system reform, researchers say

ASCO over a photo of McCormick Place in Chicago, IL

<乌鸦传媒>A Win for Liver Transplantation in Unresectable Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

Three new trials address CRC liver metastases

A photo of Lisa Pisano looking at photos of her dog after her surgeries at NYU Langone Health.

<乌鸦传媒>Woman Is Back on Dialysis After Doctors Remove Transplanted Pig Kidney

Patient was the second person to receive a kidney from a gene-edited pig

A photo of surgeons performing a liver transplant.

<乌鸦传媒>Changes to Liver Transplant Policy Increased Costs in Vulnerable Areas

Hospital costs increased 12% in low-income areas vs 5.1% in high-income areas

A computer rendering of antibodies in the blood.

<乌鸦传媒>Monoclonal Antibody May Benefit Patients With Kidney Transplant Rejection

But results were not fully durable after treatment cessation

A photo of donor cornea for transplant.

<乌鸦传媒>FDA Urged to Relax Tissue Donation Restrictions for Gay, Bisexual Men

Advocates say policy should be based on individualized risk assessments, "not historic bias"

A photo of surgeons preparing a kidney for transplant.

<乌鸦传媒>Outcomes OK With Transplant of Previously Dialyzed Kidneys

Risk for delayed graft function higher, but other endpoints no different

Morning Break over illustration of a syringe, Covid virus, and DNA helix over a photo of green vegetation.

<乌鸦传媒>Pig-Kidney Recipient Dies; Colon Cancers Surge in Teens; CRISPR Fails to Cure HIV

Health news and commentary gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

Photo of a press conference in The Woodland, Texas.

<乌鸦传媒>Houston Transplant Scandal: Families of Patients Who Died Begin Legal Action

Surgeon has been accused of manipulating waitlist, making his patients ineligible for new livers

Illustration of an engineered T-cell attacking a leukemia cell.

<乌鸦传媒>CAR-T Plus Stem-Cell Transplant Promising for CD7+ Blood Cancers

"All-in-one" approach appears safe, effective, in patients with relapsed/refractory disease

Robert Montgomery, MD, DPhil, performing the pig kidney transplant surgery.

<乌鸦传媒>Too Ill for Typical Transplants, Woman Gets a Pig Kidney and Heart Pump Instead

Surgery marks sixth human xenotransplant performed at NYU Langone Health

A photo of surgeons working on a donor heart on a sterile bench.

<乌鸦传媒>Usefulness Questioned for Transplant Center Report Cards

Ratings look like noise due to volatile score changes every half year

<乌鸦传媒>Aspirin for Fatty Liver; Meds for Self-Managed Abortion

Also in TTHealthWatch: diagnosing Parkinson's with a skin biopsy

Photo of a scientist pipetting cells into a multi-well plate with screen image of stem cells in the background.

<乌鸦传媒>Is Alzheimer's Transmissible Through Bone Marrow Cells?

Mouse experiment suggests it may be, but what that means for humans isn't clear

A photo of a vial of Comirnaty monovalent XBB.1.5 COVID-19 vaccine and several single-use syringes.

<乌鸦传媒>CDC: Latest COVID Vax Cuts Hospitalization Risk in Immunocompromised People

But fewer than one in five of this vulnerable group have received the updated shot

A photo of a donor heart sitting in ice in a cooler

<乌鸦传媒>Do Race, Sex Factor Into Who Has Donor Heart Offers Turned Down by Transplant Docs?

Black people, men receive more offers before one is accepted

FDA EUA pemivibart (Pemgarda) over a computer rendering of antibodies attacking COVID viruses.

<乌鸦传媒>New Monoclonal Authorized to Prevent COVID in Immunocompromised People

No such option has been available since FDA revoked the authorization of Evusheld last year

A photo of surgeons performing the pig kidney transplant.

<乌鸦传媒>First-Ever Pig Kidney Transplant Performed in Living Recipient

Patient with end-stage kidney disease underwent transplant at Massachusetts General Hospital

A computer rendering of a cirrhotic liver

<乌鸦传媒>Alcohol-Associated Cirrhosis and Death Are on the Rise: Here's How We Can Help

Reducing stigma, increasing public awareness, and policy change are key

A photo of a senior woman receiving a covid vaccination from a female nurse.

<乌鸦传媒>How Often Should Immunocompromised People Get a COVID Booster?

Experts say about every 6 months, but that should be individualized

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