NYTIMES (Roni Caryn Rabin) - In a First, a Pig Kidney Kept a Patient Alive Until He Got a Human One
Tim Andrews was the first patient to receive a genetically modified pig kidney as a “bridge” to a human organ transplant.
AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - Meghan Markle and Prince Harry attend David Foster Foundation gala in Canada, complete with bagpipe fanfare
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex turned up at a charity gala in Victoria, British Columbia, walking through a corridor of bagpipers, and Meghan made sure Instagram saw every second of it. Meghan Markle, 45, and Prince Harry, 41, attended the 40th anniversary celebration of The David Foster Foundation on Friday night. The event honored […] The post Meghan Markle and Prince Harry attend David Foster Foundation gala in Canada, complete with bagpipe fanfare appeared first on American Almanac .
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex turned up at a charity gala in Victoria, British Columbia, walking through a corridor of bagpipers, and Meghan made sure Instagram saw every second of it. Meghan Markle, 45, and Prince Harry, 41, attended the 40th anniversary celebration of The David Foster Foundation on Friday night. The event honored the charity founded in 1986 by 16-time Grammy winner David Foster, 76, in his home city of Victoria. The foundation provides financial support to Canadian families whose children need life-saving organ transplants and raises awareness of organ donation in both Canada and the United States. By Saturday, Meghan had posted a video to Instagram showing the couple's arrival. The clip captured the pair strolling…Open
NEWSNATIONNOW (Katie Pavlich) - Sister of living man whose organs were nearly harvested demands reforms
Network for Hope, the organization targeted by the feds, said it is “concerned by the way this case has been misrepresented.”
YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - Sister of living man whose organs were nearly harvested demands reforms
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. this week said he’ll decertify a Kentucky organ procurement organization after its predecessor allegedly tried to pressure doctors into removing a Kentucky man’s organs as he was waking up. The man’s sister, Donna Rohrer, tells “Katie Pavlich Tonight” she supports the idea of organ donation but says the process must be overhauled. #Health #OrganDonations "Katie Pavlich Tonight" offers a conservative take on the day’s events while welcoming all viewpoints. The goal: cutting through left-right bias in pursuit of plain facts and honest analysis.
AMERICANALMANAC (Ken Jacobs) - Federal government strips Kentucky organ group of certification after investigators find patients showed signs of life
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. decertified a Kentucky-based organ procurement nonprofit after federal reviewers found serious deficiencies in nearly a third of cases examined, including patients who were still alive when staff tried to harvest their organs. Kennedy announced the decision Wednesday in Lexington, Kentucky, making Network for Hope the first of roughly 55 […] The post Federal government strips Kentucky organ group of certification after investigators find patients showed signs of life appeared first on American Almanac .
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. decertified a Kentucky-based organ procurement nonprofit after federal reviewers found serious deficiencies in nearly a third of cases examined, including patients who were still alive when staff tried to harvest their organs. Kennedy announced the decision Wednesday in Lexington, Kentucky, making Network for Hope the first of roughly 55 federally contracted organ procurement organizations ever shut down by the government. The Health Resources and Services Administration reviewed 351 cases where organ donation had been authorized but never completed at the nonprofit, and what investigators found was grim: 103 of those cases, 29.3 percent, showed what the agency called "concerning features." …Open
REDSTATE (Nick Arama) - RFK Announces Shocking Reason Organ Donation Group Has Been Decertified
NYTIMES (Brian M. Rosenthal) - U.S. Cuts Ties With Organ Donor Group After Reports of Abuses
The federal government is ending its contract with a Kentucky nonprofit that it says pressured medical workers to remove organs from patients who were getting better.
AMERICANTHINKER - Medical ‘experts’ make a case for death-by-organ-donation, as it’s the ‘next logical step’
By Olivia Murray The serial killers in medicine are getting restless again.
NPR (Rob Stein) - A new proposal for organ donation sparks concern
Should patients who choose euthanasia be able to die by having their vital organs removed for donation? The ethical concerns are substantial.
STRIPES - ‘Here for a good time, not a long time’ | Stars and Stripes
I wasn’t surprised to learn Jacob was a registered organ donor. He was the first to offer help to anyone.