Health

FDA OKs trial of pig livers as dialysis-like treatment for liver failure

WASHINGTON -- U.S. researchers will soon test whether livers from a gene-edited pig could treat people with sudden liver failure…

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Long ER stays are common in the US. It may get worse as the population ages

AURORA, Ill. -- At her mother’s home in Illinois, Tracy Balhan flips through photos of her dad, Bill Speer. In…

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Study finds more people are obtaining abortions but fewer are traveling for it

Fewer people crossed state lines to obtain abortions in 2024 than a year earlier, a new survey has found.The Guttmacher…

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The dead in upstate New York plane crash included 2022 NCAA woman of the year and family members

A private plane that crashed in upstate New York over the weekend was carrying six members of a close-knit family…

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Brazil’s former President Bolsonaro undergoes new surgery for bowel obstruction

SAO PAULO -- Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is undergoing a new surgery Sunday morning in Brasilia, his doctors said.…

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Measles exploded in Texas after stagnant vaccine funding. New cuts threaten the same across the US

The measles outbreak in West Texas didn’t happen just by chance.The easily preventable disease, declared eliminated in the U.S. in…

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As Congress tables proxy voting, state lawmakers seek solutions for parents who serve in office

As a bipartisan measure to allow new parents in Congress to vote by proxy has failed, some lawmakers hope their…

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Brazil’s former president Bolsonaro remains hospitalized with abdominal pain

SAO PAULO -- Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro remained hospitalized with abdominal pain Saturday and was expected to be transferred…

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RFK Jr. wants to target chronic disease in US tribes. A key program to do that was gutted

CHANDLER, Ariz. -- CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spent time in tribal communities in Arizona…

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Scientists map part of a mouse’s brain that’s so complex it looks like a galaxy

Thanks to a mouse watching clips from "The Matrix," scientists have created the largest functional map of a brain to…

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