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Infant takes first breaths on her own after undergoing rare double lung transplant
(HOUSTON) -- A 6-month-old girl born with a life-threatening lung disorder is now breathing on her own thanks to a rare double lung transplant.Kylie Overfield was placed on a ventilator immediately after her birth on Nov. 10, 2023, due to surfactant B deficiency, a rare genetic condition that causes abnormalities…
Major disparities exist in women of color’s access to breast cancer care, report finds
(NEW YORK) -- A major new report shows stark disparities in breast cancer care, with non-white Americans and those without health insurance far less likely to be up to date with recommended screenings.Women under the age of 65 who do not have health insurance are 50% less likely to be…
Drug overdose deaths fell in 2023, 1st decrease in 5 years: CDC
(NEW YORK) -- Drug overdose deaths fell in 2023, marking the first decrease in five years, new provisional federal data published Wednesday showed.An estimated 107,543 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics.This is a 3% decrease…
Why a Texas divorce case could impact IVF care in the state
(NEW YORK) -- An acrimonious divorce between a Texas couple fighting over their frozen embryos could end up having an impact on in vitro fertilization care in the entire state, and possibly a replay of the controversial court decision in Alabama that briefly ended IVF access in the state.Caroline Antoun…
Canadian wildfire smoke preparedness: How to make a DIY air purifier
(NEW YORK) -- The damage of wildfires can expand far beyond the active blaze, as toxic smoke from Canadian wildfires crosses borders, enters homes and triggers health concerns, experts say.As of Monday, officials said at least 40 of the more than 140 active fires burning in the Canadian wildfires have…
KP.2 is now the dominant COVID variant. Experts say US may see a summer increase in cases
(NEW YORK) -- For the last few months, JN.1 has been the dominant COVID-19 variant in the United States, making up the majority of cases. A new variant, however, has taken over and may lead to an increase in cases this summer.KP.2, which is an offshoot of the omicron variant,…
Recipient of first pig kidney transplant dies nearly two months later
(BOSTON) -- The 62-year-old man who received the first-ever pig kidney transplant in the world has died, his family announced on Saturday.Richard Slayman underwent the four-hour procedure in March at Massachusetts General Hospital and was discharged from the hospital two weeks later on April 2.The hospital emphasized there was no…
More than 100 kids left vulnerable to measles, polio after nurse falsified vaccine records
(WEBSTER, N.Y.) -- An upstate New York nurse has been accused of falsifying vaccine records for more than 100 children across the state.The New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) issued a $55,000 penalty against Sandra Miceli, a licensed nurse practitioner and registered professional nurse at Surviving Naturally in Monroe…
Hospice nurse’s frank conversations on dying go viral
(NEW YORK) -- Death is something everyone experiences but few people want to talk about.One nurse is trying to break that stigma, taking to TikTok to talk frankly about death, from what a person feels while dying to how loved ones can best support a person in their final days."The…
Mental health support at crucial point for fire survivors on Maui
(MAUI, Hawaii) -- For the thousands of people who survived the Maui fires last August, the trauma of what they lived through still lingers.Lahaina painter Kirk Boes and his wife Laura have lived on Lahaina together for more than 40 years. They evacuated on August 8, only to return three…
