heart transplants

NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who got a new lease on life after a ground-breaking heart transplant between an HIV-positive donor and recipient got to meet the family of the woman who gave it to her, giving them a chance to hear…

CHICAGO (AP) — An Indiana woman heard the heartbeat of her late daughter inside the chest of a 68-year-old Illinois man who received it in a transplant operation.Amber Morgan and Tom Johnson met for the first time Saturday,…

By LAURAN NEERGAARD - AP Medical Writer New York researchers transplanted pig hearts into two brain-dead people over the last month, the latest in a string of developments in the long quest to one day…

By LAURAN NEERGAARD - AP Medical Writer Researchers trying to learn what killed the first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig have discovered the organ harbored an animal virus but cannot…

By KAT STAFFORD - Associated Press A new initiative aimed at increasing the number of Black Americans registered as organ donors and combating disparities among transplant recipients was announced…

Duke University doctors say a baby is thriving after a first-of-its-kind heart transplant -- one that came…

MENDON, Mass. (AP) — A Boston hospital is defending itself after a man's family claimed he was denied a new…

TAMPA, Fla. — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday reported more than 75,900 new…

ALBANY, N.Y. — Federal ambulance teams and additional National Guard members are headed for New York City,…

LONDON — New figures from Britain’s official statistics body estimate that about 1 in 25 people in private…