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LAURAN NEERGAARD

LAURAN NEERGAARD

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A look at Pope Francis' previous hospitalizations and health problems

Pope Francis was hospitalized Friday for the fourth time since he was elected in 2013

A look at Pope Francis' previous hospitalizations and health problems
Economy|Health|Political|US

Scientists warn Trump's medical research cuts endanger patients as judge blocks the move for now

Scientists warn the Trump administration’s drastic cuts for medical research endanger patients, will cost thousands of jobs and threaten America’s standing as a world leader in science and innovation

Scientists warn Trump's medical research cuts endanger patients as judge blocks the move for now
Health|Science|Technology|US

New Hampshire man is 2nd person known to be living with a pig kidney

A New Hampshire man has become the second person known to be living with a pig kidney

New Hampshire man is 2nd person known to be living with a pig kidney
Health|Science|Technology

A spine-zapping implant helped 3 people with a muscle-wasting disease walk better

Three people with a muscle-destroying disease destined to worsen got a little stronger when an implanted device zapped their spinal cord

A spine-zapping implant helped 3 people with a muscle-wasting disease walk better
Health|Political|Science|US

RFK Jr. kept asking to see the science that vaccines were safe. After he saw it, he dismissed it

The man who hopes to be President Donald Trump’s health secretary says he needs to see data showing vaccines are safe, but he dismissed the evidence shown by an influential Republican senator

RFK Jr. kept asking to see the science that vaccines were safe. After he saw it, he dismissed it
Health|Political|US

Takeaways from RFK Jr.'s first confirmation hearing as Trump's nominee for health secretary

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Takeaways from RFK Jr.'s first confirmation hearing as Trump's nominee for health secretary
Health|Science|Technology|US

The only person in the world with a functioning pig organ is thriving after a record 2 months

An Alabama woman is thriving a record 61 days and counting after receiving a pig kidney, a new milestone in the quest for animal-to-human transplants

The only person in the world with a functioning pig organ is thriving after a record 2 months
Health|Science|Technology|US

Keeping blood pressure under control is critical. There's a new option for tough cases

About half of U.S. adults have high blood pressure and too few have it under control

Keeping blood pressure under control is critical. There's a new option for tough cases
Health|News|US

Americans can now get an updated COVID-19 vaccine

Americans can now get an updated COVID-19 vaccine

Health|Science

Pig kidney works a record 2 months in donated body, raising hope for animal-human transplants

For a history-making two months, a pig's kidney worked normally inside a brain-dead man

Pig kidney works a record 2 months in donated body, raising hope for animal-human transplants
Health|Science

Surgeons perform second pig heart transplant, trying to save a dying man

Surgeons have transplanted a pig’s heart into a dying man in a bid to prolong his life

Surgeons perform second pig heart transplant, trying to save a dying man
Health

What to know as fall vaccinations against COVID, flu and RSV get underway

Fall vaccination season is in full swing, with health officials urging both an updated COVID-19 shot and flu vaccine for most everyone

What to know as fall vaccinations against COVID, flu and RSV get underway
Health|News

Years of research laid the groundwork for speedy COVID-19 shots

The Nobel Prize in Medicine has been awarded to two scientists whose work led to mRNA vaccines against COVID-19

Years of research laid the groundwork for speedy COVID-19 shots
Health|News|US

US adds another option for fall COVID vaccination with updated Novavax shots

U.S. regulators have added another option for fall COVID-19 vaccination, updated shots made by Novavax

US adds another option for fall COVID vaccination with updated Novavax shots
Health|Science|Technology|Videos

A month after a pig heart transplant, man works to regain strength with no rejection so far

The second person to receive a transplanted heart from a pig has reached the one-month mark and a hospital video shows he's working hard to recover

A month after a pig heart transplant, man works to regain strength with no rejection so far
Health|News|Science|US|World

Maryland man who received second pig heart transplant dies, hospital says

Maryland doctors say the second person to receive a transplanted heart from a pig has died

Maryland man who received second pig heart transplant dies, hospital says
Health|News|Science|World

Man receives the first eye transplant plus a new face. It's a step toward one day restoring sight

Surgeons in New York have performed the world's first transplant of an entire human eye, an extraordinary addition to a face transplant

Man receives the first eye transplant plus a new face. It's a step toward one day restoring sight
Health|Science

Alzheimer's drugs might get into the brain faster with new ultrasound tool, study shows

Scientists have found a way to help Alzheimer's drugs seep inside the brain faster — using sound waves to jiggle a temporary opening in its protective shield

Alzheimer's drugs might get into the brain faster with new ultrasound tool, study shows
Health

Crib videos offer clue to mysterious child deaths, showing seizures sometimes play a role

Crib cameras are offering a clue to a rare but devastating tragedy _ when seemingly healthy young children suddenly die in their sleep and autopsies can’t tell why

Crib videos offer clue to mysterious child deaths, showing seizures sometimes play a role
Europe|Health|Science

Ancient human DNA hints at why multiple sclerosis affects so many northern Europeans today

Northern Europeans are more prone to multiple sclerosis than other ancestries and now a study of ancient DNA hints at why

Ancient human DNA hints at why multiple sclerosis affects so many northern Europeans today
Health|Lifestyle|Science

Lupus and other autoimmune diseases strike far more women than men. Now there's a clue why

Women are far more likely than men to get autoimmune diseases, illnesses like lupus or rheumatoid arthritis that occur when the immune system mistakenly attacks their own bodies

Lupus and other autoimmune diseases strike far more women than men. Now there's a clue why
Europe|News|US|World

Verbal gaffe or sign of trouble? Mixing up names like Biden and Trump have done is pretty common

Any parent who's ever called one of their children by the other's name likely could empathize when President Joe Biden mixed up the names of French leaders Macron and Mitterrand

Verbal gaffe or sign of trouble? Mixing up names like Biden and Trump have done is pretty common
Asia|Health|Science

Silent brain changes precede Alzheimer's. Researchers have new clues about which come first

A study of older adults in China offers a closer look at the dominolike sequence of brain changes that lead to Alzheimer's

Silent brain changes precede Alzheimer's. Researchers have new clues about which come first
Health

How springing forward to daylight saving time could affect your health -- and how to prepare

Losing an hour of sleep as daylight saving time kicks in can do more than leave you tired and cranky the next day _ it also could harm your health

How springing forward to daylight saving time could affect your health -- and how to prepare
Health|Science

A new strategy to attack aggressive brain cancer shrank tumors in two early tests

Researchers revved up immune cells that shrank an extremely aggressive type of brain tumor when tested in a handful of patients

A new strategy to attack aggressive brain cancer shrank tumors in two early tests

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