Articles tagged as: organ transplants
April 22, 2021
Searching For Footing In A Life Nearly Extinguished By COVID
Like so many health care workers battered by the pandemic, Kari Wegg is searching for footing in a life after COVID. But the scars across her chest and neck are constant reminders that it takes much more than a shot in the arm to get there.
Read MoreAugust 10, 2020
COVID-19 Patient Who Received Double-Lung Transplant Faces Long Road To Recovery
In June, an Illinois woman became the first COVID-19 patient in the U.S. to receive a life-saving double-lung transplant -- after the virus irreversibly damaged her lungs. She is recovering but it hasn't been easy.
Read MoreJune 12, 2020
Double Lung Transplant For COVID-19 Patient Is First In U.S., Doctors Say
For two months, the patient was in the intensive care unit on a ventilator and another machine that pumps and oxygenates blood outside of the body. She eventually cleared the coronavirus from her body, but remained in severe condition.
Read MoreDecember 10, 2019
Patients Use Signs, Facebook Posts To Find Kidney Donors
Across the country, nearly 95,000 people are waiting for a kidney transplant. And the list has been growing for years. That's pushed some people to try unusual ways to find donors.
Read MoreApril 24, 2019
Indiana University Health Among Group Suing Over New National Liver Transplant Policy
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the United Network for Organ Sharing adopted the new policy based it on faulty assumptions, according to the suit filed Monday in federal court.
Read MoreSeptember 13, 2018
How A Deadly Virus Saved Organ Transplant Patients' Lives
Nearly 100,000 people are waiting for a kidney transplant in the U.S., but many will never get one. Instead they'll stay on dialysis for the rest of their lives. A team of doctors has found a possible solution, by infecting patients with a potentially fatal virus.
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