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reader comments 65 with 42 posters participating Share this story Health officials in Wisconsin are investigating what could be the first child death in the US—and the second worldwide—linked to a growing international outbreak of unexplained liver inflammation, aka hepatitis, in children. In a health alert Wednesday, Wisconsin health officials said they are investigating four ..

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Enlarge / The transplant team with the replacement heart. reader comments 138 with 95 posters participating Share this story On Monday, the University of Maryland School of Medicine announced that its staff had completed the first transplant of a pig’s heart into a human. The patient who received the heart had end-stage heart disease and ..

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Getty Images reader comments 68 with 34 posters participating Share this story For decades, doctors and hospitals saw kidney patients differently based on their race. A standard equation for estimating kidney function applied a correction for Black patients that made their health appear rosier, inhibiting access to transplants and other treatments. On Thursday, a task ..

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